Table 4.

The ORs (95% CIs) of hypertension for participants with hyperuricemia compared with normal uric acid level (N = 8,469, males = 3973, females = 4496).

	Crude‡	Model 1‡	Model 2‡
Males
Normal uric acid	1.00 (Ref.)	1.00 (Ref.)	1.00 (Ref.)
Hyperuricemia	1.57 (1.34-1.85)**	1.70 (1.43-2.02)**	1.30 (1.06-1.59)*
Females
Normal uric acid	1.00 (Ref.)	1.00 (Ref.)	1.00 (Ref.)
Hyperuricemia	3.02 (2.49-3.65)**	2.03 (1.65-2.50)**	1.40 (1.11-1.78)**

^‡Calculated using binary logistic regression.

Model 1 adjusted for age and race.

Model 2 adjusted for age, race, living location, BMI, alcohol consumption, smoking, diabetes, education, serum creatinine, glucose, triglyceride, total cholesterol, hsCRP (high-sensitivity C-reactive protein) and total energy intake.

^*p < 0.05;

^**p < 0.01.