Table 4. – Association between serum UA quartiles and pre-hypertension and hypertension.

Serum UA (mg/dL)	Pre-hypertension		Hypertension
	Age, sex-adjusted	Multivariate	Age, sex-adjusted	Multivariate
Q1 (≤2,65)	1	1	1	1
Q2 (2.66–3.24)	1.686 (1.024–2.775)*	1.718 (1.028–2.872)*	2.061 (1.313–3.235)*	2.036 (1.256–3.298)*
Q3 (3.25–3.98)	1.091 (0.683–1.742)	1.018 (0.627–1.654)	1.105 (0.723–1.689)	0.912 (0.576–1.444)
Q4 (≥3.99)	2.064 (1.220–3.492)*	1.738 (1.003–3.010)*	2.236 (1.387–3.606)	1.613 (0.967–2.690)

Multivariate was adjusted for age, gender, BMI, GLU, TC, TG, HDL-C; * Compared to Q1, p<0.05.