Research Article

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

Table 4

Threshold effect analysis.

Serum uric acidAdjusted OR (95% CI), value

Male
 Serum uric (mg/dL)0.79 (0.47, 1.31) 0.3574
 Serum uric (mg/dL)1.19 (1.11, 1.27) <0.0001
White
 Serum uric (mg/dL)1.34 (1.24, 1.45) <0.0001
 Serum uric (mg/dL)0.85 (0.61, 1.18) 0.3195

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.