Higher Serum Uric Acid Is Associated with Higher Bone Mineral Density in Chinese Men with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Table 3

The risk of osteoporosis in relation to tertiles of serum UA.

	Tertile 1 ()	Tertile 2 ()	Tertile 3 ()	for trend
Osteoporosis/osteopenia
Model 1	1	0.74 (0.49–1.09)	0.43 (0.28–0.65)	<0.0001
Model 2	1	0.88 (0.58–1.33)	0.56 (0.36–0.87)	0.011
Model 3	1	0.83 (0.50–1.36)	0.54 (0.31–0.95)	0.033

Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for osteoporosis and osteopenia according to the serum uric acid (UA) tertiles after adjusting for confounders.
Model 1: unadjusted.
Model 2 is adjusted for age, weight, height, and diabetic duration.
Model 3 is further adjusted for factors listed in Model 1 in addition to serum concentrations of creatinine, calcium, vitD3, and parathyroid hormone.