Research Article

The Association between the Serum Uric Acid Level and Hypertension in Middle-Aged and Elderly Adults

Table 2

Association between sUA and HTN.

Model 1, OR (95% CI)Model 2, OR (95% CI)Model 3, OR (95% CI)

Serum uric acid1.32 (1.27, 1.37)1.36 (1.31, 1.42)1.22 (1.17, 1.28)
Serum uric acid categories
 Q1ReferenceReferenceReference
 Q21.46 (1.25, 1.70)1.48 (1.26, 1.73)1.25 (1.06, 1.47)
 Q31.85 (1.60, 2.15)2.05 (1.75, 2.40)1.53 (1.29, 1.82)
 Q42.84 (2.45, 3.29)3.22 (2.72, 3.80)2.11 (1.76, 2.54)
Stratified by sex
 Female1.63 (1.53, 1.73)1.49 (1.40, 1.58)1.30 (1.21, 1.39)
 Male1.28 (1.21, 1.35)1.26 (1.19, 1.33)1.17 (1.10, 1.24)
Stratified by race
 Non-Hispanic White1.40 (1.33, 1.48)1.48 (1.39, 1.57)1.29 (1.21, 1.38)
 Non-Hispanic Black1.26 (1.17, 1.37)1.31 (1.20, 1.43)1.18 (1.07, 1.31)
 Mexican American1.18 (1.09, 1.27)1.22 (1.12, 1.33)1.18 (1.07, 1.30)
 Other race1.24 (1.09, 1.41)1.27 (1.11, 1.47)1.14 (0.97, 1.33)

Model 1: no covariates were adjusted; model 2: age, sex, and race were adjusted; model 3: age, sex, race, income-poverty ratio, physical activity, smoking behavior, alcohol consumption, diabetes mellitus status, body mass index, total cholesterol, serum homocysteine, urine creatinine, blood urea nitrogen, and total calcium were adjusted.