Association of Uric Acid in Serum and Urine with Arterial Stiffness: Hanzhong Adolescent Hypertension Study

Table 2

Relationship between various characteristics and baPWV and CIMT.

Characteristics	baPWV		CIMT
		value		value
Gender (male)	-0.119	<0.001	-0.135	<0.001
Age (years)	0.102	<0.001	0.082	<0.001
BMI (kg/m^2)	-0.073	<0.001	0.094	<0.001
SBP (mmHg)	0.596	<0.001	0.005	0.828
Fasting glucose (mmol/L)	0.044	0.006	0.059	0.006
Heart rate (beats/min)	0.092	<0.001	0.024	0.261
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	0.039	0.014	0.046	0.032
Triglycerides (mmol/L)	0.003	0.846	-0.027	0.238
SUA (μmol/L)	0.056	0.005	0.021	0.422
uUA/Cre	0.061	<0.001	0.085	<0.001
FEUA	0.014	0.370	0.044	0.033

BaPWV: brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity; CIMT: carotid intima-media thickness; BMI: body mass index; SBP: systolic blood pressure; SUA: serum uric acid; uUA/Cre: urinary uric acid/creatinine ratio; FEUA: fraction excretion of uric acid.