Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants in the NHANES 2007–2008 and 2015–2018 cycles.
Variable | Total | Without gout (n = 15,105) | Gout (n = 842) | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 47.80 (0.31) | 47.19 (0.32) | 61.51 (0.66) | < 0.0001 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 29.27 (0.14) | 29.15 (0.13) | 31.92 (0.38) | < 0.0001 |
PIR | 2.99 (0.04) | 2.99 (0.05) | 2.90 (0.09) | 0.25 |
Meat (oz/day) | 4.89 (0.05) | 4.88 (0.05) | 5.09 (0.25) | 0.39 |
Alcohol (drink/day) | 0.79 (0.03) | 0.79 (0.03) | 0.85 (0.13) | 0.65 |
eGFR (ml/min) | 94.61 (0.46) | 95.41 (0.48) | 76.63 (0.88) | < 0.0001 |
Gender | < 0.0001 | |||
Female | 8154 (51.13) | 7903 (52.29) | 251 (31.81) | |
Male | 7793 (48.87) | 7202 (47.71) | 591 (68.19) | |
Ethnicity | 0.004 | |||
Non-Hispanic White | 6118 (38.36) | 5748 (65.19) | 370 (69.13) | |
Other | 3843 (24.1) | 3670 (14.88) | 173 (13.58) | |
Mexican | 2531 (15.87) | 2456 (8.75) | 75 (4.44) | |
Non-Hispanic Black | 3455 (21.67) | 3231 (11.18) | 224 (12.86) | |
Education | 0.46 | |||
Less than high school | 3968 (24.88) | 3747 (15.06) | 221 (16.62) | |
High school | 3744 (23.48) | 3544 (24.39) | 200 (25.66) | |
College | 8235 (51.64) | 7814 (60.55) | 421 (57.71) | |
Diabetes | < 0.0001 | |||
No | 12,698 (79.63) | 12,220 (85.82) | 478 (64.00) | |
Yes | 3249 (20.37) | 2885 (14.18) | 364 (36.00) | |
Hypertension | < 0.0001 | |||
No | 8875 (55.65) | 8705 (63.23) | 170 (22.21) | |
Yes | 7072 (44.35) | 6400 (36.77) | 672 (77.79) | |
Hyperlipidemia | < 0.0001 | |||
No | 5030 (31.54) | 4870 (33.32) | 160 (20.16) | |
Yes | 10,917 (68.46) | 10,235 (66.68) | 682 (79.84) | |
PA | 0.003 | |||
No | 12,217 (76.61) | 11,525 (78.48) | 692 (84.65) | |
Yes | 3730 (23.39) | 3580 (21.52) | 150 (15.35) | |
Smoking status | < 0.0001 | |||
Never | 8925 (55.97) | 8565 (56.16) | 360 (43.02) | |
Former | 3826 (23.99) | 3473 (24.01) | 353 (43.20) | |
Current | 3196 (20.04) | 3067 (19.83) | 129 (13.78) | |
OSA symptoms | < 0.0001 | |||
No | 11,056 (69.33) | 10,545 (69.52) | 511 (57.59) | |
Yes | 4891 (30.67) | 4560 (30.48) | 331 (42.41) | |
