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 3
Correlations between serum uric acid and attributes among participants stratified by sex.
Attribute
Male,
Female,
Interpretation of correlation
Mean
SD
95% CI
Mean
SD
95% CI
Uric acid
470
97
—
—
—
367
82
—
—
—
—
Age
29.7
8.3
-0.27
-0.42–0.13
<0.01
31.8
9.7
-0.34
-0.44– -0.19
<0.01
Negative
BMI
34.4
4.8
0.31
0.17–0.45
<0.01
32.8
5.1
0.23
0.10–0.34
<0.01
Positive
Muscle mass
61.7
9.3
0.21
0.04–0.35
0.01
48.7
6.15
0.20
0.06–0.32
<0.01
Positive
SBP
134.5
15.0
0.04
—
0.55
130.1
13.8
0.07
—
0.55
—
ALT
83.9
55.6
0.18
0.02–0.33
0.03
42.4
35.9
0.32
0.03–0.32
0.03
Positive
Creatinine
74.3
12.3
0.24
0.08–0.38
<0.01
54.3
9.0
0.21
0.06–0.36
<0.01
Positive
Cholesterol
5.3
1.1
0.09
—
0.31
5.2
0.9
0.10
—
0.31
—
HDL-C
1.5
1.1
0.14
—
0.11
1.7
1.0
0.18
—
0.11
—
LDL-C
3.0
1.0
-0.03
—
0.77
2.8
1.0
-0.12
—
0.77
—
Triglyceride
2.2
2.2
-0.07
—
0.78
1.8
1.0
0.16
0.04–0.28
0.01
—
FBG
6.0
1.8
-0.11
—
0.23
5.7
1.3
0.09
—
0.23
—
HbA1c
5.9
1.0
-0.15
—
0.88
5.6
1.0
0.16
—
0.80
—
HOMA-IR
7.7
5.0
0.05
—
0.53
6.9
5.4
0.25
—
0.53
—
UMA
9.0
22.7
0.03
—
0.71
5.3
9.1
0.07
—
0.26
—
Abbreviations and units of attributes: see Table 1 legend.
