Table 2.

Association between HGI quartiles and SUA levels

HGI	Univariate analysis		Multivariate analysisa
	β(SE)	P	β(SE)	P
DM Women (N = 682)
Q1	Ref	–	Ref	–
Q2	− 14.2(8.3)	0.10	− 12.8(7.7)	0.10
Q3	0.6(8.3)	0.49	5.3(7.7)	0.49
Q4	− 30.4(8.3)	< 0.001*	− 29.1(7.8)	< 0.001*
P trend	–	0.004*	–	0.006*
Non-DM women (N = 14262)
Q1	Ref	–	Ref	–
Q2	1.9(1.5)	0.22	1.3(1.4)	0.34
Q3	6.1(1.5)	< 0.001*	3.4(1.4)	0.01*
Q4	17.2(1.5)	< 0.001*	8.9(1.4)	< 0.001*
P trend	–	< 0.001*	–	< 0.001*
DM men (N = 1681)
Q1	Ref	–	Ref	–
Q2	1.5(6.0)	0.81	0.05(5.7)	0.99
Q3	0.2(6.0)	0.97	− 2.5(5.7)	0.66
Q4	− 9.8(6.0)	0.10	− 12.9(5.8)	0.03*
P trend	–	0.11	–	0.02*
Non-DM men (N = 14147)
Q1	Ref	–	Ref	–
Q2	− 0.07(1.9)	0.97	− 1.4(1.8)	0.42
Q3	1.2(1.9)	0.55	0.1(1.8)	0.96
Q4	1.3(1.9)	0.51	− 2.4(1.8)	0.18
P trend	–	0.41	–	0.32

HGI hemoglobin glycation index, SUA serum uric acid, DM diabetes mellitus, SE standard error, Ref reference, others are the same with Table 1

^aAdjusted for age, BMI, HGB, TC, LDL-C, TG, BUN, Hcy, hypertension, and dyslipidemia

^*P < 0.05