Research Article

Association between Serum Uric Acid Level and Metabolic Syndrome and Its Sex Difference in a Chinese Community Elderly Population

Table 1

Characteristics of the participants with hyperuricemia and those without.

CharacteristicsMen ( = 848)Women ( = 1254)  Total
   ( = 2102)
Hyperuricemia ( = 148)No hyperuricemia ( = 700) valueSubtotalHyperuricemia ( = 204)No hyperuricemia ( = 1050) valueSubtotal

 Age (yrs)73.5 ± 6.972.1 ± 6.80.02872.3 ± 6.971.8 ± 6.070.1 ± 6.30.00170.4 ± 6.271.2 ± 6.6
 WC (cm)94.0 ± 8.490.6 ± 8.4<0.00191.2 ± 8.590.3 ± 9.585.6 ± 8.6<0.00186.4 ± 8.988.3 ± 9.1
 BMI (kg/m2)25.7 ± 3.024.8 ± 3.10.00224.9 ± 3.126.4 ± 3.824.8 ± 3.5<0.00125.0 ± 3.625.0 ± 3.4
 SBP (mmHg) 136.8 ± 17.5136.6 ± 18.00.927136.7 ± 17.9141.9 ± 20.4140.2 ± 20.90.285140.5 ± 20.8139.0 ± 19.8
 DBP (mmHg)77.4 ± 9.478.6 ± 9.70.19178.4 ± 9.775.9 ± 10.476.8 ± 9.90.27376.6 ± 10.077.3 ± 9.9
 TC (mmol/L)a5.0 ± 1.14.9 ± 0.90.1314.9 ± 0.95.5 ± 1.05.5 ± 1.00.5505.5 ± 1.05.3 ± 1.0
 TG (mmol/L)1.8 ± 1.01.5 ± 0.80.0011.5 ± 0.92.1 ± 1.01.7 ± 0.9<0.0011.8 ± 0.91.7 ± 0.9
 HDL-C (mmol/L)1.2 ± 0.31.3 ± 0.40.0161.3 ± 0.41.4 ± 0.41.5 ± 0.4<0.0011.5 ± 0.41.4 ± 0.4
 LDL-C (mmol/L)b3.1 ± 0.93.0 ± 0.80.3383.1 ± 0.83.4 ± 0.83.4 ± 0.90.5063.4 ± 0.93.3 ± 0.8
 FBG (mmol/L)6.0 ± 1.36.1 ± 1.60.4286.1 ± 1.56.1 ± 1.36.1 ± 1.80.7046.1 ± 1.86.1 ± 1.7
 2hPG (mmol/L)8.1 ± 2.68.2 ± 3.00.7078.2 ± 3.09.2 ± 3.38.2 ± 3.3<0.0018.4 ± 3.38.3 ± 3.2
 SUA (mg/dL)7.9 ± 0.85.4 ± 0.9<0.0015.8 ± 1.37.0 ± 1.04.5 ± 0.8<0.0014.9 ± 1.25.3 ± 1.4
(%)
 Education (≥6 yrs)124 (83.8)576 (82.3)0.663700 (82.5)142 (69.6)680 (64.8)0.183822 (65.6)1522 (72.4)
 Married131 (88.5)650 (92.9)0.075781 (92.1)157 (77.0)836 (79.6)0.392993 (79.2)1774 (84.4)
 Current smoking27 (18.2)153 (21.9)0.329180 (21.2)7 (3.4)44 (4.2)0.61551 (4.1)231 (11.1)
 Current drinking58 (39.2)267 (38.1)0.812325 (38.3)14 (6.9)86 (8.2)0.522100 (8.0)425 (20.2)
 PA (≥0.5 h/day)88 (59.5)422 (60.3)0.852510 (60.1)121 (59.3)603 (57.4)0.618724 (57.7)1234 (58.7)
 Family history of CVD84 (56.8)453 (64.7)0.068537 (63.3)122 (59.8)639 (60.9)0.778761 (60.7)1298 (61.8)
 Medication for hypertension76 (51.4)278 (39.7)0.009354 (41.7)125 (61.3)493 (47.0)<0.001618 (49.3)972 (46.2)
 Medication for diabetes23 (15.5)119 (17.0)0.666142 (16.7)39 (19.1)180 (17.1)0.497219 (17.5)361 (17.2)
 Medication for hyperlipidemia31 (20.9)86 (12.3)0.006117 (13.8)38 (18.6)147 (14.0)0.088185 (14.8)302 (14.4)
 MetS93 (62.8)332 (47.4)0.001425 (50.1)168 (82.4)649 (61.8)<0.001817 (65.2)1242 (59.1)

Data are for continuous values or (%) for category values; aTC: total cholesterol; bLDL-C: low density-lipoprotein cholesterol.