Table 3.

Association between HbA1c quartiles and SUA levels

HGI	Univariate analysis		Multivariate analysisa
	β(SE)	P	β(SE)	P
DM Women (N = 682)
Q1	Ref	–	Ref	–
Q2	− 5.3(8.3)	0.52	− 10.3(7.6)	0.18
Q3	− 13.0(8.3)	0.12	− 13.3(7.6)	0.08
Q4	− 42.1(8.2)	< 0.001*	− 53.0(7.7)	< 0.001*
P trend	–	< 0.001*	–	< 0.001*
Non-DM women (N = 14262)
Q1	Ref	–	Ref	–
Q2	3.1(1.4)	0.03	2.4(1.3)	0.06
Q3	9.2(1.5)	< 0.001*	5.1(1.4)	< 0.001*
Q4	30.1(1.4)	< 0.001*	13.4(1.6)	< 0.001*
P trend	–	< 0.001*	–	< 0.001*
DM men (N = 1681)
Q1	Ref	–	Ref	–
Q2	− 10.0(6.1)	0.10	− 12.4(5.7)	0.03*
Q3	− 22.9(6.1)	< 0.001*	− 23.3(5.7)	< 0.001*
Q4	− 52.6(6.2)	< 0.001*	− 55.1(5.9)	< 0.001*
P trend	–	< 0.001*	–	< 0.001*
Non-DM men (N = 14147)
Q1	Ref	–	Ref	–
Q2	2.3(2.1)	0.27	1.0(1.9)	0.60
Q3	8.2(2.2)	< 0.001*	5.5(2.1)	0.008*
Q4	7.8(2.1)	< 0.001*	4.1(2.1)	0.051
P trend	–	< 0.001*	–	0.01*

HbA1c hemoglobin A1c, 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