The Prognostic Value of Serum Uric Acid in Hospitalized Patients with Acute Cerebral Infarction

Table 1

The baseline characteristics of the patients grouped by SUA levels ( μmol/L).

Characteristics	Overall ()	μmol/L ()	μmol/L ()
Age, median (IQR) (years)	81 (77, 85)	80 (77, 84)	83 (77, 88)	0.091
Sex (, % of females)	171 (62.1)	132 (61.1)	39 (66.1)	0.484
Days of admission, median (IQR) (days)	10 (9, 12)	10 (8, 11)	11 (10, 13)	0.178
Creatinine clearance, median (IQR) (mL/min)	78 (37, 109)	83 (52, 113)	48 (26, 98)	0.064
NIHSS, median (IQR)	11 (8, 14)	10 (8, 13)	13 (10, 17)	0.059
Hypertension (, %)	146 (53.1)	116 (53.7)	30 (50.8)	0.697
Diabetes (, %)	62 (22.5)	51 (23.6)	11 (18.6)	0.418
Heart failure (, %)	103 (37.5)	76 (35.2)	27 (45.8)	0.137
Atrial fibrillation (, %)	46 (16.7)	32 (14.8)	14 (23.7)	0.104
Dyslipidemia (, %)	41 (14.9)	32 (14.8)	9 (15.3)	0.933
Cancer (, %)	15 (5.5)	12 (5.6)	3 (5.1)	0.888
COPD (, %)	43 (15.6)	31 (14.4)	12 (20.3)	0.262
CKD (, %)	100 (36.4)	74 (34.3)	26 (44.1)	0.165
Hospital-acquired infections (, %)	45 (16.4)	35 (16.2)	10 (16.9)	0.891

Abbreviations: IQR: interquartile range; SUA: serum uric acid; NIHSS: National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CKD: chronic kidney disease. The results are presented as (%) or median (IQRs).