Research Article

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

Table 3

Prevalence of MetS and individual components according to hyperuricemia.

Hyperuricemia No hyperuricemia valueTotal

Men ( = 848)
 Individual components
  Central obesity112 (75.7)383 (54.7)<0.001495 (58.4)
  Hypertriglyceridemia73 (49.3)244 (34.9)0.001317 (37.4)
  Low HDL-C51 (34.5)181 (25.9)0.033232 (27.4)
  Elevated blood pressure122 (82.4)545 (77.9)0.217667 (78.7)
  Hyperglycemia86 (58.1)378 (54.0)0.362464 (54.7)
 Number of MetS components
  One or more142 (95.9)654 (93.4)0.246796 (93.9)
  Two or more127 (85.8)516 (73.7)0.002643 (75.8)
  Three or more (MetS)93 (62.8)332 (47.4)0.001425 (50.1)
  Four or more56 (37.8)165 (23.6)<0.001221 (26.1)
  Five26 (17.6)64 (9.1)0.00390 (10.6)
Women ( = 1254)
 Individual components
  Central obesity176 (86.3)810 (77.1)0.004986 (78.6)
  Hypertriglyceridemia135 (66.2)478 (45.5)<0.001613 (48.9)
  Low HDL-C117 (57.4)431 (41.0)<0.001548 (43.7)
  Elevated blood pressure170 (83.3)854 (81.3)0.4991024 (81.7)
  Hyperglycemia128 (62.7)503 (47.9)<0.001631 (50.3)
 Number of MetS components
  One or more203 (99.5)1000 (95.2)0.0051203 (95.9)
  Two or more191 (93.6)887 (84.5)0.0011078 (86.0)
  Three or more (MetS)168 (82.4)649 (61.8)<0.001817 (65.2)
  Four or more117 (57.4)387 (36.9)<0.001504 (40.2)
  Five47 (23.0)153 (14.6)0.003200 (15.9)