Association between hyperuricemia and atrial fibrillation in rural China: a cross-sectional study

Table 2 Hyperuricemia and the prevalence of atrial fibrillation

Group	Total	AF	Unadjusted model		Adjusted model^a
Group	(n)	n (%)	OR (95 % CI)	P	OR (95 % CI)	P
Men
Normal SUA levels	4,396	44 (1.0)	1	<0.001	1	0.003
Hyperuricemia	774	20 (2.6)	2.62 (1.54–4.48)	<0.001	2.55 (1.38–4.71)	0.003
Women
Normal SUA levels	5,513	60 (1.1)	1	0.010	1	0.235*
Hyperuricemia	655	15 (2.3)	2.13 (1.20–3.77)	0.010	1.46 (0.78–2.72)	0.235*
Total
Normal SUA levels	9,909	104 (1.0)	1	<0.001	1	0.003
Hyperuricemia	1,429	35 (2.4)	2.37 (1.61–3.49)	<0.001	1.94 (1.26–3.00)	0.003

AF atrial fibrillation, CI confidence interval, OR odds ratio, SUA serum uric acid
*P = 0.200 for gender difference
^aAdjusted for age, gender, body mass index, waist circumference, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, fasting blood glucose, total cholesterol and triglyceride levels, smoking, drinking, myocardial infarction, low left ventricular ejection fraction, left ventricular hypertrophy detected by electrocardiography, and family history of AF

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