Lack of Associations between Elevated Serum Uric Acid and Components of Metabolic Syndrome Such as Hypertension, Dyslipidemia, and T2DM in Overweight and Obese Chinese Adults
Table 2
Correlations between serum uric acid and attributes among participants stratified by BMI.
Attribute
Grade I BMI (24–29.9),
Grade II BMI (30–34.9),
Grade III and over BMI (35–),
Interpretation of correlation
Mean
SD
95% CI
Mean
SD
95% CI
Mean
SD
95% CI
Uric acid
369
92
—
—
—
405
92
—
—
—
442
128
—
—
—
Age
31.5
9.2
-0.28
-0.45–0.10
<0.01
30.8
9.1
-0.28
-0.41– -0.13
<0.01
30.9
9.6
-0.43
-0.57– -0.28
<0.01
Negative
Muscle mass
47.6
7.0
0.34
0.16–0.50
<0.01
53.4
8.1
0.42
0.29–0.54
<0.01
59.1
10.8
0.37
0.21–0.51
<0.01
Positive
SBP
128.1
14.8
0.20
0.10–0.37
0.04
130.6
13.2
0.11
—
0.14
136.5
14.4
-0.02
—
0.76
—
ALT
37.1
30.6
0.41
0.24–0.56
<0.01
58.3
49.1
0.22
0.07–0.35
<0.01
75.5
53.9
0.46
0.31–0.59
<0.01
Positive
Creatinine
60.0
13.6
0.53
0.38–0.66
<0.01
62.6
13.7
0.47
0.35–0.58
<0.01
63.0
15.1
0.43
0.28–0.56
<0.01
Positive
Cholesterol
5.1
5.1
-0.05
—
0.57
5.2
0.9
0.07
—
0.38
5.3
1.0
0.20
0.03–0.36
0.02
—
HDL-C
1.5
0.8
-0.14
—
0.16
1.7
1.1
0.04
—
0.56
1.6
1.1
0.15
—
0.09
—
LDL-C
2.9
0.9
-0.20
—
0.18
2.8
1.1
-0.02
—
0.75
2.9
1.1
0.01
—
0.97
—
Triglyceride
1.8
2.2
0.05
—
0.78
2.2
1.4
0.19
0.05–0.33
0.01
1.9
1.0
0.13
—
0.13
—
FBG
5.6
1.7
0.05
—
0.64
5.8
1.4
0.07
—
0.34
6.0
1.4
-0.07
—
0.42
—
HbA1c
5.5
1.0
0.04
—
0.70
5.7
1.0
0.04
—
0.40
5.9
1.0
0.02
—
0.41
—
HOMA-IR
5.3
3.5
0.23
0.04–0.44
0.02
6.6
4.6
0.09
—
0.21
9.70
6.3
0.08
—
0.37
—
UMA
3.7
5.1
0.05
—
0.61
4.9
8.0
0.05
—
0.49
11.7
25.6
0.05
—
0.6
—
Abbreviations and units of attributes: see Table 1 legend.