Table 2 Unadjusted and adjusted odds ratios (ORs) for serum uric acid levels and infertility risk.

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

 

Infertility

Control

Unadjusted OR (95%CI)

P value

Adjusted OR (95%CI)a

P value

Adjusted OR (95%CI)b

P value

Uric acid (continuous variable)

295

1902

1.24 (1.11, 1.37)

 < 0.001

1.22 (1.1, 1.36)

 < 0.001

1.21 (1.07, 1.36)

0.002

Uric acid (categorical variable)

 2.4–5.7

249

1654

1.00 (1.00, 1.00)

1

1.00 (1.00, 1.00)

1

1.00 (1.00, 1.00)

1

 < 2.4

1

16

0.42 (0.05, 3.14)

0.395

0.38 (0.05, 2.9)

0.35

0.45 (0.06, 3.48)

0.446

 > 5.7

45

232

1.29 (0.91, 1.82)

0.151

1.2 (0.84, 1.71)

0.319

1.1 (0.75, 1.6)

0.634

Uric acid (quartile)

 Q1 (1.6–3.7)

52

508

1.00 (1.00, 1.00)

1

1.00 (1.00, 1.00)

1

1.00 (1.00, 1.00)

1

 Q2 (3.7–4.4)

67

503

1.3 (0.89, 1.91)

0.177

1.29 (0.88, 1.9)

0.198

1.24 (0.84, 1.83)

0.282

 Q3 (4.4–5.1)

84

443

1.85 (1.28, 2.68)

0.001

1.85 (1.27, 2.68)

0.001

1.73 (1.18, 2.54)

0.005

 Q4 (5.1–18.0)

92

448

2.01 (1.4, 2.88)

 < 0.001

1.98 (1.37, 2.88)

 < 0.001

1.83 (1.22, 2.75)

0.003

  1. aAdjusted for age, race, marital status, smoking, alcohol, history of pregnancy, history of diabetes, history of hypertension.
  2. bAdjusted for age, race, marital status, smoking, alcohol, history of pregnancy, history of diabetes, history of hypertension, fasting glucose, total cholesterol, creatinine-refrigerated serum, LDL-cholesterol, direct HDL-cholesterol, glycohemoglobin, BMI. Significant values are in [bold].
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