Table 3. – Correlation of serum UA levels and clinical characteristics of the study participants by gender.

Characteristics	Male		Female		Total
	r	p	r	p	r	p
Age (year)	-0.091	0.030	-0.042	0.314	-0.012	0.679
BMI (kg/m2)	0.167	<0.001	0.138	0.001	0.177	<0.001
SBP (mmHg)	-0.063	0.133	0.0.63	0.133	0.007	0.821
DBP (mmHg)	0.055	0.187	0.116	0.006	0.099	0.001
GLU (mmol/L)	-0.069	0.101	0.022	0.593	-0.017	0.570
TC (mmol/L)	0.152	<0.001	0.065	0.123	0.080	0.007
TG (mmol/L)	0.230	<0.001	0.205	<0.001	0.22	<0.001
HDL-C (mmol/L)	0.011	0.786	0.001	0.998	-0.041	0.163
LDL-C (mmol/L)	0.250	<0.001	0.148	<0.001	0.187	<0.001
Creatinine	0.143	0.001	0.443	<0.001	0.230	<0.001

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.