Relationships between Serum Uric Acid, Malondialdehyde Levels, and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in the Patients with Metabolic Syndrome

Table 4

Multivariate linear regression analysis of selected risk factors associated with carotid IMT.

Variables	All patients ()		()		()		()		()		()
	Standardized coefficient beta	value	Standardized coefficient beta	value	Standardized coefficient beta	value	Standardized coefficient beta	value	Standardized coefficient beta	value	Standardized coefficients beta	value
Main effect terms
Uric acid	0.221	0.013	-0.007	0.978	0.292	0.003	0.3295	0.0013	0.3583	0.0016	0.4107	0.0079
MDA	0.115	0.188	0.053	0.830	0.180	0.043	0.1861	0.0478	0.0970	0.3033	0.1239	0.3708
hs-CRP	-0.023	0.771	-0.048	0.843	0.020	0.807	-0.0126	0.8880	-0.0478	0.6080	0.0303	0.8270
Met-S score	0.197	0.044

Multivariate linear regression model was adjusted for age, gender, smoking, alcohol, uric acid, Met-S score, MDA, and hs-CRP. Met-S: metabolic syndrome; hs-CRP: high-sensitivity C-reactive protein; MDA: malondialdehyde.