Retrospective Analysis of the Correlation between Uric Acid and Thyroid Hormone in People with Normal Thyroid Function

Table 1

Characteristics of subjects stratified according to the quartiles of uric acid ().

	Uric acid
	<283; ()	283~; ()	345~; ()	410~; ()	value^a
Male gender (%)	361 (7.7%)	20254 (56.7%)	7689 (96.5%)	124 (96.9%)	<0.001
Age (years)					<0.001
BMI (kg/m^2)					<0.001
Waist circumference (cm)					<0.001
Blood pressure (mmHg)
Systolic blood pressure					<0.001
Diastolic blood pressure					<0.001
FBG (mmol/L)					<0.001
Hba1c (%)					<0.001
Triglycerides (mmol/L)					<0.001
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)					<0.001
HDL-cholesterol (mmol/L)					<0.001
LDL-cholesterol (mmol/L)					<0.001
Alanine aminotransferase (IU/L)					<0.001
Aspartate aminotransferase (IU/L)					<0.001
BUN (mmol/L)					<0.001
Creatinine (μmol/L)					<0.001
TSH (mIU/L)					<0.001
FT3 (pg/mL)					<0.001
FT4 (ng/dL)		2.18 ± 1.99			0.049

^aAnalysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to compare serum TSH, FT3, and FT4 levels among UA grades.