Table 1 Basic demographic and biological characteristics of infertile females and controls participating in NHANES 2013–2020.

From: Elevated serum uric acid is associated with infertility in women living in America

 

Total

Infertility

Control

P value

Subjects (%)

2197 (100)

295 (13.43)

1902 (86.57)

 

Age (years) [mean (SD)]

34.33 (6.67)

35.39 (6.14)

34.17 (6.73)

0.003

Race (%)

0.139

 Mexican American

408 (18.6)

43 (14.6)

365 (19.2)

 Other Hispanic

252 (11.5)

30 (10.2)

222 (11.7)

 Non-Hispanic White

653 (29.7)

106 (35.9)

547 (28.8)

 Non-Hispanic Black

546 (24.9)

69 (23.4)

477 (25.1)

 Non-Hispanic Asian

223 (10.2)

30 (10.2)

193 (10.1)

 Other Race—Including Multi-Racial

115 (5.2)

17 (5.8)

98 (5.2)

Marital status (%)

0.001

 Married/Living with Partner

1431 (65.1)

216 (73.2)

1215 (63.9)

 Widowed/Divorced/Separated

278 (12.7)

38 (12.9)

240 (12.6)

 Never married

488 (22.2)

41 (13.9)

447 (23.5)

Smoking (%)

0.730

 Yes

493 (22.4)

69 (23.4)

424 (22.3)

 No

1704 (77.6)

226 (76.6)

1478 (77.7)

Alcohol (%)

1.000

 Yes

19 (0.9)

3 (1.0)

16 (0.8)

 No

2178 (99.1)

292 (99.0)

1886 (99.2)

History of pregnancy (%)

 Yes

2197 (100.0)

295 (100.0)

1902 (100.0)

 No

0 (0.00)

0 (0.00)

0 (0.00)

History of diabetes (%)

0.095

 Yes

108 (4.9)

22 (7.5)

86 (4.5)

 No

2052 (93.4)

268 (90.8)

1784 (93.8)

 Borderline

37 (1.7)

5 (1.7)

32 (1.7)

History of hypertension (%)

0.202

 Yes

357 (16.2)

58 (19.7)

299 (15.7)

 No

1838 (83.7)

237 (80.3)

1601 (84.2)

 Unknown

2 (0.1)

0 (0.00)

2 (0.1)

Fasting glucose (mmol/L)

0.628

 Median (IQR)

5.33 (5.05, 5.71)

5.30 (4.94, 5.77)

5.33 (5.05, 5.66)

 Missing (%)

1147 (52.21)

161 (54.58)

986 (51.84)

Total Cholesterol (mg/dL)

0.106

 Median (IQR)

174.00 (155.00, 199.00)

178.00 (157.25, 203.00)

174.00 (154.00, 198.00)

 Missing (%)

1 (0.05)

1 (0.34)

0 (0.00)

Creatinine, refrigerated serum (mg/dL)

0.075

 Median (IQR)

0.69 (0.62, 0.79)

0.71 (0.63, 0.80)

0.69 (0.62, 0.79)

 Missing (%)

1 (0.05)

0 (0.00)

1 (0.05)

LDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)

0.184

 Median (IQR)

101.00 (82.00, 120.00)

101.00 (85.50, 121.50)

101.00 (81.00, 120.00)

 Missing (%)

1167 (53.12)

164 (55.59)

1003 (52.73)

Direct HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)

0.303

 Median (IQR)

53.00 (44.00, 64.00)

52.00 (42.25, 63.00)

53.00 (44.00, 64.00)

 Missing (%)

1 (0.05)

1 (0.34)

0 (0.00)

Glycohemoglobin (%)

0.010

 Median (IQR)

5.30 (5.10, 5.60)

5.40 (5.10, 5.70)

5.30 (5.10, 5.60)

 Missing (%)

2 (0.09)

0 (0.00)

2 (0.11)

BMI (continuous variable)

0.004

 Median (IQR)

28.80 (23.90, 34.95)

30.45 (24.60, 37.03)

28.60 (23.90, 34.50)

 Missing (%)

14 (0.64)

1 (0.34)

13 (0.68)

BMI (categorical variable) (%)

0.014

 < 18.5

42 (1.9)

4 (1.4)

38 (2.0)

 18.5–24.9

614 (28.1)

77 (26.2)

537 (28.4)

 25–29.9

548 (25.1)

57 (19.4)

491 (26.0)

 ≥ 30

979 (44.8)

156 (53.1)

823 (43.6)

Uric acid (continuous variable) (mg/dL)

 < 0.001

 Median (IQR)

4.40 (3.70, 5.10)

4.70 (4.00, 5.30)

4.40 (3.70, 5.10)

 Missing (%)

0 (0.00)

0 (0.00)

0 (0.00)

Uric acid (categorical variable) (%)

0.233

 2.4–5.7

1903(86.6)

249(84.4)

1654(87.0)

 < 2.4

17(0.8)

1(0.3)

16(0.8)

 > 5.7

277(12.6)

45(15.3)

232(12.2)

Uric acid (quartile) (%)

 < 0.001

 Q1 (1.6–3.7)

560 (25.5)

52 (17.6)

508 (26.7)

 Q2 (3.7–4.4)

570 (25.9)

67 (22.7)

503 (26.4)

 Q3 (4.4–5.1)

527 (24.0)

84 (28.5)

443 (23.3)

 Q4 (5.1–18.0)

540 (24.6)

92 (31.2)

448 (23.6)

  1. LDL-cholesterol low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, direct HDL-cholesterol direct high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, BMI body mass index. Significant values are in [bold].