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. 2022 Oct 6;12:16677. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-20357-7

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the participants stratified the tertiles of SUA.

Variables T1 group T2 group T3 group P-value
n (%) 31,353 31,187 30,816
Age (year) 50.79 ± 10.17 51.51 ± 12.33 52.78 ± 13.13  < 0.001
Male (%) 25,083 (80.00) 24,830 (79.62) 24,617 (79.88) 0.327
Reported income (¥)  < 0.001
< 600 8633 (27.53) 9267 (29.71) 9034 (29.32)
600–800 19,361 (61.75) 18,250 (58.52) 15,501 (50.30)
800–1000 2143 (6.83) 2507 (8.03) 2487 (8.07)
> 1000 1216 (3.87) 1163 (3.73) 3794 (12.31)
Marital status (%)  < 0.001
Never 511 (1.62) 530 (1.70) 521 (1.69)
Married 29,721 (94.79) 29,665 (95.12) 28,708 (93.16)
Divorced 284 (0.91) 259 (0.83) 255 (0.83)
Widowed 636 (2.03) 607 (1.95) 684 (2.22)
Remarried 201 (0.88) 126 (1.03) 648 (2.10)
Educational background (%)  < 0.001
Never 334 (1.07) 383 (1.23) 433 (1.41)
Primary school 2963 (9.45) 2782 (8.92) 3237 (10.50)
Middle school 22,478 (71.69) 22,463 (72.03) 19,811 (64.29)
High school 3947 (12.59) 3782 (12.13) 4418 (14.34)
College graduate or above 1631 (5.20) 1777 (5.70) 2917 (9.47)
TC (%)  < 0.001
< 4.51 mmol/L 10,370 (33.07) 10,458 (33.53) 10,372 (33.66)
4.51–5.34 mmol/L 10,694 (34.11) 10,622 (34.06) 9920 (32.19)
> 5.34 mmol/L 10,289 (32.82) 10,107 (32.41) 10,524 (34.15)
TG (%)  < 0.001
< 1.02 mmol/L 11,814 (37.68) 10,981 (35.21) 8574 (27.82)
1.02–1.64 mmol/L 10,881 (34.70) 10,734 (34.42) 9322 (30.25)
> 1.64 mmol/L 8658 (27.61) 9472 (30.37) 12,920 (41.93)
ALT (%)  < 0.001
< 14.80 μ/L 10,570 (33.71) 10,366 (33.24) 10,188 (33.06)
14.80–22.00 μ/L 11,581 (36.94) 9805 (31.44) 11,232 (36.45)
> 22.00 μ/L 9202 (29.35) 11,016 (35.32) 9396 (30.49)
TBIL (%)  < 0.001
< 10.70 μmol/L 11,795 (37.62) 9805 (31.44) 10,066 (32.66)
10.70–13.90 μmol/L 10,695 (34.11) 11,182 (35.85) 8766 (28.45)
> 13.90 μmol/L 8863 (28.27) 10,200 (32.71) 11,984 (38.89)
CRP (%)  < 0.001
< 1 mg/L 18,993 (60.58) 17,921 (57.46) 15,505 (50.31)
1–3 mg/L 6653 (21.22) 7690 (24.66) 9641 (31.29)
> 3 mg/L 5707 (18.20) 5576 (17.88) 5670 (18.40)
BMI (%)  < 0.001
< 24 kg/m2 17,224 (54.94) 14,655 (46.99) 10,717 (34.77)
24–28 kg/m2 9993 (31.87) 11,016 (35.32) 12,270 (39.82)
> 28 kg/m2 4136 (13.19) 5516 (17.69) 7829 (25.41)
Physical exercise (%)  < 0.001
Never 2829 (9.02) 2745 (8.80) 2547 (8.27)
Occasionally 24,916 (79.47) 24,129 (77.37) 21,557 (69.95)
Regularly 3608 (11.51) 4313 (13.83) 6712 (21.78)
Smoking status (%)  < 0.001
Never 20,311 (64.78) 19,668 (63.06) 15,913 (51.64)
Past 1783 (5.69) 1902 (6.10) 1631 (5.29)
Moderate 987 (3.15) 1478 (4.74) 827 (2.68)
Severe 8272 (26.38) 8139 (26.10) 12,445 (40.38)
Drinking status (%)  < 0.001
Never 20,477 (65.31) 19,473 (62.44) 15,205 (49.34)
Past 1022 (3.26) 1150 (3.69) 1444 (4.69)
Moderate 5388 (17.18) 5939 (19.04) 6551 (21.26)
Severe 4466 (14.24) 4625 (14.83) 7616 (24.71)
Sedentary lifestyle (%)  < 0.001
< 4 h/day 24,672 (78.69) 22,398 (71.82) 22,784 (73.94)
4–8 h/day 5812 (18.54) 7299 (23.40) 7369 (23.91)
> 8 h/day 869 (2.77) 1490 (4.78) 663 (2.15)
Tea consumption (%)  < 0.001
Never 24,952 (79.58) 23,877 (76.56) 21,314 (69.17)
< 1 time/month 1312 (4.18) 1367 (4.38) 1500 (4.87)
1–3 times/month 1633 (5.20) 2003 (6.42) 2019 (6.55)
1–3 times/week 1313 (4.19) 1597 (5.12) 1690 (5.48)
> 4 times/week 2143 (6.84) 2343 (7.51) 4293 (13.93)
High-fat diets (%)  < 0.001
Seldom 2511 (8.00) 2689 (8.62) 2681 (8.70)
Occasionally 25,991 (82.90) 26,001 (83.37) 24,873 (80.71)
Regularly 2851 (9.09) 2497 (8.01) 3262 (10.59)
Chronic kidney disease (%) 1785 (5.69) 1692 (5.43) 1537 (4.99)  < 0.001
Family history of cancer (%) 1028 (3.28) 1133 (3.63) 1251 (4.06)  < 0.001
Diabetes mellitus (%) 2901 (9.25) 2711 (8.69) 2169 (7.04)  < 0.001
Hypertension (%) 12,341 (39.36) 12,999 (41.68) 13,090 (42.48)  < 0.001

BMI body mass index, WC waist circumference, TC total cholesterol, CRP C-reactive protein, TG triglyceride, ALT alanine aminotransferase, TBIL total bilirubin, BMI body mass index.