Table 3.
Subgroup analysis stratified by race and sex.
| Quartiles of serum uric acid | Incidence of HTN OR (95% CI) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whites | Blacks | Mexican Americans | Other races | |
| Female | ||||
| Lowest quartiles | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference |
| 2nd | 1.38 (1.04, 1.85) | 1.25 (0.78, 1.99) | 1.58 (1.07, 2.33) | 0.85 (0.41, 1.76) |
| 3rd | 1.67 (1.21, 2.31) | 1.56 (0.94, 2.61) 0.0864 | 1.64 (1.02, 2.64) 0.0417 | 1.71 (0.74, 3.97) 0.2090 |
| 4th | 2.48 (1.68, 3.67) | 2.04 (1.14, 3.63) | 2.14 (1.13, 4.05) | 1.89 (0.75, 4.79) |
| P for trend | <0.001 | 0.0114 | 0.0074 | 0.1154 |
| Male | ||||
| Lowest quartiles | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference |
| 2nd | 1.59 (0.96, 2.65) | 0.54 (0.24, 1.18) | 0.99 (0.54, 1.79) | 0.36 (0.10, 1.34) |
| 3rd | 1.65 (1.02, 2.67) | 1.03 (0.53, 2.03) | 1.56 (0.88, 2.75) | 0.41 (0.11, 1.47) |
| 4th | 2.61 (1.60, 4.24) | 1.18 (0.61, 2.28) | 1.59 (0.87, 2.89) | 0.69 (0.19, 2.48) |
| P for trend | <0.001 | 0.1407 | 0.0396 | 0.5788 |
Age, sex, race, income-poverty ratio, physical activity, smoking behavior, alcohol consumption, diabetes mellitus status, body mass index, total cholesterol, serum homocysteine, urine creatinine, blood urea nitrogen, and total calcium were adjusted.