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.