Table 4.

Weighted odds ratios (95% confidence intervals) for chronic complications of people with diabetes with the increase per standard deviation uric acid.

	Crude †	Model 1 †	Model 2 †
Diabetic kidney disease	1.64 (1.49–1.82) **	1.59 (1.44–1.75) **	1.61 (1.35–1.92) **
Cardiovascular disease	1.41 (1.27–1.56) **	1.29 (1.16–1.44) **	1.21 (1.04–1.42) *
Peripheral neuropathy	1.23 (1.06–1.43) **	1.19 (0.95–1.32)	1.23 (0.97–1.55)
Diabetic retinopathy	0.99 (0.85–1.15)	0.92 (0.77–1.10)	0.99 (0.81–1.22)

^† Calculated using binary logistic regression. Model 1 adjusted for age, gender and race. Model 2 adjusted for poverty–income ratio, waist circumference, smoking status, education level, hypertension, serum triglyceride, total cholesterol, courses of diabetes (year), HbA1c. * p < 0.05. ** p < 0.01.