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 4

Summary of univariate correlation and multivariate logistic regression results and factor analysis of attributes.

Attribute	Univariate correlation analysis			Multivariate logistic regression	Factor analysis	Final interpretation of associations
	Whole population	Stratification by BMI	Stratification by sex
Age	Negative	Negative	Negative	Negative	PA2	Negative
BMI	Positive	—	Positive	Positive	PA2	Positive
Muscle mass	Positive	Positive	Positive		PA2	Positive
SBP	—		—	—	Individual	—
ALT	Positive	Positive	Positive	Positive	PA2	Positive
Creatinine	Positive	Positive	Positive	Positive	PA2	Positive
Cholesterol		—	—	—	PA1	—
HDL-C		—	—	—	Individual	—
LDL-C	—	—	—	—	Individual	—
Triglyceride	—	—	—	—	PA1	—
FBG	—	—	—	—	PA1	—
HbA1c	—	—	—	—	PA1	—
HOMA-IR	Positive	—	—	—	PA1	—
UMA	—	—	—	—	Individual	—

Note: abbreviations and units of attributes: see Table 1 legend. PA: principal axis factor analysis. Negative and positive associations are associations with .