TABLE 3.

The relationship between the level of serum uric acid and the change of plaque score of carotid atherosclerosis

Items	β	95% CI	p value
Univariate	0.946	0.512–1.380	0.009
Model 1	0.838	0.405–1.271	0.021
Model 2	0.769	0.373–1.165	0.037
Model 3	0.742	0.329–1.155	0.039
Model 4	0.659	0.298–1.011	0.042

Model 1, adjusting the age; Model 2, adjusting additional adjustments for smoking, drinking, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and the drug history of statin, antihypertensive medication, antidiabetic medication, and HRT; Model 3, additional adjustments for TC, TG, LDL‐C, and HDL‐C; Model 4, additional adjustments for BMI.

Abbreviation: CI, confidence interval.