Association of Serum Uric Acid Concentration and Its Change with Cardiovascular Death and All-Cause Mortality

Table 3

The association between mean uric acid levels in hemodialysis patients and the risk of all-cause mortality.

The association between mean uric acid levels in hemodialysis patients and the risk of all-cause mortality
Variable	Quartile 1; (183.759-339.491 μmol/L); Reference	Quartile 2; (339.491-384.933 μmol/L); OR (95% CI)	Quartile 3; (384.933-438.25 μmol/L); OR (95% CI)	Quartile 4; (438.25-614.971 μmol/L); OR (95% CI)	value for trend
Model 1	1	0.4 (0.2-0.8)	0.3 (0.2-0.6)	0.2 (0.1-0.5)	<0.001
Model 2	1	0.6 (0.3-1.1)	0.4 (0.2-0.7)	0.3 (0.1-0.7)	0.001
The association between mean uric acid levels in hemodialysis patients and the risk of cardiac death
Variable	Quartile 1; (183.759-339.491 μmol/L); Reference	Quartile 2; (339.491-384.933 μmol/L); OR (95% CI)	Quartile 3; (384.933-438.25 μmol/L); OR (95% CI)	Quartile 4; (438.25-614.971 μmol/L); OR (95% CI)	value for trend
Model 1	1	0.4 (0.2-0.8)	0.3 (0.1-0.7)	0.3 (0.2-0.8)	0.003
Model 2	1	0.5 (0.2-1.2)	0.4 (0.2-1.0)	0.6 (0.2-1.4)	0.101

Model 1: unadjusted. Model 2: adjusted for age, vascular access, albumin, diabetes, and uric acid variability.