Table 2. – Baseline characteristics of the study participants according to serum UA quartiles.
| Characteristic | Serum UA (mg/dL) | p-values for trend | |||
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| Q1(≤2.65) | Q2 (2.66-3.24) | Q3(3.25-3.98) | Q4(≥3.99) | ||
| Age (year) | 60.2±10.5 | 59.2±10.5 | 58.7±10.7 | 59.4±11.1 | 0.305 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 23.1±2.8 | 23.1±2.8 | 23.5±2.9 | 24.3±3.2 | 0.000 |
| SBP (mmHg) | 133.2±23.0 | 136.9±21.4 | 132.7±22.4 | 134.4±20.0 | 0.914 |
| DBP (mmHg) | 80.5±13.2 | 83.4±12.3 | 83.0±12.7 | 83.7±12.8 | 0.005 |
| GLU (mmol/L) | 6.0±2.4 | 5.8±2.2 | 5.6±1.5 | 5.8±1.5 | 0.120 |
| TC (mmol/L) | 4.5±1.0 | 4.5±1.0 | 4.5±0.9 | 4.7±1.00 | 0.098 |
| TG (mmol/L) | 1.2±0.7 | 1.3±0.9 | 1.5±1.1 | 1.8±1.3 | 0.000 |
| HDL-C (mmol/L) | 1.3±0.4 | 1.3±0.5 | 1.2±0.4 | 1.2±0.4 | 0.266 |
| LDL-C (mmol/L) | 2.5±0.8 | 2.6±0.8 | 2.7±0.9 | 2.9±0.8 | 0.000 |
| Creatinine (umol/L) | 73.7±14.3 | 81.9±53.5 | 83.1±14.1 | 96.6±54.4 | 0.000 |
SBP: Systolic blood pressure; DBP: Diastolic blood pressure; GLU: Glucose; TC: Total cholesterol; TG: Triglycerides; HDL-C: High-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C: Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; UA: Uric acid. p: All participants from the normotension, pre-hypertension and hypertension groups had the variables analyzed by one-way ANOVA for linear trend.