Table 2.

Bivariate correlation analysis.

Variables and uric acid			Variables and MetS
Variable	r	P value	Variable	r	P value
Sex	0.350∗∗	<0.001	Sex	0.018	0.53
Age (years)	0.114∗∗	<0.001	Age	−0.012	0.672
SBP (mm Hg)	0.177∗∗	<0.001	BMI	0.363∗∗	<0.001
DBP (mm Hg)	0.135∗∗	<0.001	DBP	0.217∗∗	<0.001
BMI (kg/m2)	0.234∗∗	<0.001	SBP	0.381∗∗	<0.001
Waist (cm)	0.283∗∗	<0.001	TG	0.383∗∗	<0.001
FBG (mmol/L)	0.047	0.094	Waist	0.308∗∗	<0.001
TG (mmol/L)	0.217∗∗	<0.05	TC	0.057∗	0.044
TC (mmol/L)	−0.051	0.071	HDL	−0.301∗∗	<0.001
HDL (mmol/L)	−0.268∗∗	<0.001	LDL	0.059∗	<0.001
LDL (mmol/L)	0.007	0.803	UA	0.189∗∗	<0.001
			FBG	0.364∗∗	<0.001