Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants across quartile of SUA levels in total populations.

N (participants)

23474

5866

5866

5866

5876

—

Males, n (%)

12625(53.8)

488(8.3)

2125(36.5)

4450(75.9)

5562(94.7)

<0.0001

Age, years

46(37, 54)

43(36, 51)

47(37, 54)

47(38, 55)

46(37, 54)

<0.0001

BMI, kg/m²

23.5(21.4, 25.5)

21.6(20.0, 23.2)

22.7(21.0, 24.6)

24.1(22.4, 26.0)

25.4(23.7, 27.3)

<0.0001

Smoking status, n (%)

<0.0001

   No

17349(73.9)

5615(95.7)

4847(82.6)

3752(64.0)

3135(53.4)

   Yes

6125(26.1)

251(4.3)

1019(17.4)

2114(36.0)

2741(46.6)

Drinking status, n (%)

<0.0001

   No

13341(56.8)

5077(86.6)

4032(68.7)

2540(43.3)

1692(28.8)

   Yes

10133(43.2)

789(13.4)

1834(31.3)

3326(56.7)

4184(71.2)

Creatinine, μmol/L

72.8(61.3, 84.4)

60.0(54.3, 66.1)

67.3(59.4, 77.9)

78.9(69.6, 87.4)

84.6(77.1, 92.2)

<0.0001

eGFR, ml/min/1.73 m²

96.8(83.9, 111.8)

94.7(82.8, 108.3)

94.4(81.7, 108.5)

97.2(84.4, 112.6)

101.6(87.5, 118.2)

<0.0001

Uric acid, μmol/L

339.2(274.6, 410.7)

238.3(213.8, 257.3)

307.0(290.8, 322.7)

373.0(356.0, 391.5)

460.1(432.0, 501.3)

—

TG, mmol/L

1.2(0.8, 1.9)

0.9(0.7, 1.2)

1.1(0.8, 1.5)

1.4(1.0, 2.1)

1.9(1.3, 2.8)

<0.0001

TC, mmol/L

5.0(4.4, 5.6)

4.9(4.3, 5.5)

5.0(4.4, 5.6)

5.0(4.5, 5.6)

5.1(4.6, 5.7)

<0.0001

HDL, mmol/L

1.4(1.2, 1.7)

1.7(1.4, 2.0)

1.5(1.3, 1.8)

1.3(1.1, 1.6)

1.2(1.0, 1.4)

<0.0001

LDL, mmol/L

3.0(2.5, 3.5)

2.8(2.3, 3.3)

3.0(2.5, 3.5)

3.1(2.0, 3.6)

3.2(2.7, 3.7)

<0.0001

   Yes

2179(9.3)

260(4.4)

486(8.3)

617(10.5)

816(13.9)

<0.0001

   NO

21295(90.7)

5606(95.6)

5380(91.7)

5249(89.5)

5060(86.1)