Association between Hyperuricemia and Metabolic Syndrome: An Epidemiological Study of a Labor Force Population in Taiwan

Table 2

Correlation analysis of hyperuricemia and metabolic syndrome (n = 21,544).

Variable	No MetS; ( = 18,927, 87.9%)		MetS; (, 12.1%)		value
	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage
Hyperuricemia					<0.001
Normal	15074	91.7	1356	8.3
Abnormal (male > 7; female > 6 mg/dL)	3853	75.3	1261	24.7
Subgroups of SUA^a					<0.001
Tertile 1	15190	91.6	1402	8.4
Tertile 2	3325	77.1	990	22.9
Tertile 3	412	64.7	225	35.3
Subgroups of SUA^b					<0.001
Quartile 1	3274	94.4	194	5.6
Quartile 2	6007	93.6	411	6.4
Quartile 3	5406	88.9	673	11.1
Quartile 4	4240	76.0	1339	24.0

Note. Analyzed by Chi-square test, 2-tailed test, and significance level α = .05.
^aSubgroups of SUA Tertile 1: SUA < 7 mg/dL, Tertile 2: 7 mg/dL ≦ SUA < 9 mg/dL and Tertile 3: SUA ≧ 9 mg/dL.
^bSubgroups of SUA Quartile 1: male SUA < 5 mg/dL, female SUA < 4 mg/dL; Quartile 2: male 5 mg/dL ≦ SUA < 6 mg/dL, female 4 mg/dL ≦ SUA < 5 mg/dL; Quartile 3: male 6 mg/dL ≦ SUA < 7 mg/dL, female 5 mg/dL ≦ SUA < 6 mg/dL; and Quartile 4: male SUA ≧ 7 mg/dL, female SUA ≧ 6 mg/dL.