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

Table 4

Prevalence of MetS and individual components according to SUA quartiles for participants without hyperuricemia.

	Men (𝑛 = 700)					Women (𝑛 = 1050)
	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	𝑃 value^a	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	𝑃 value^a
Individual components
Central obesity	47.2	51.7	59.4	60.7	0.020	69.3	76.8	77.7	85.0	<0.001
Hypertriglyceridemia	27.8	29.0	41.1	41.6	0.001	33.7	41.8	51.9	55.0	<0.001
Low HDL-C	19.9	21.6	30.6	31.4	0.004	32.2	35.0	45.8	51.5	<0.001
Elevated blood pressure	76.1	75.4	79.5	80.3	0.547	73.8	81.5	82.9	87.3	<0.001
Hyperglycemia	52.3	48.9	58.3	56.6	0.181	41.2	46.3	49.2	52.1	0.007
Number of MetS components
One or more	91.5	92.6	94.8	94.9	0.089	90.3	95.8	96.9	98.1	<0.001
Two or more	70.5	70.5	76.6	77.5	0.069	72.3	87.1	87.7	91.2	<0.001
Three or more (MetS)	39.2	44.3	50.9	55.5	0.008	50.6	60.8	65.8	70.4	<0.001
Four or more	14.8	17.6	30.6	31.4	<0.001	27.7	33.5	39.6	46.9	<0.001
Five	6.3	6.8	11.6	13.0	0.041	9.4	11.4	16.2	21.5	<0.001

^a𝑃 for trend.