Variables | SUA levels in male N = 4366 | χ2/t | P | SUA levels in female N = 5002 | χ2/t | P | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Normal | High | Normal | High | |||||
N | 4076 | 290 | Â | Â | 4768 | 234 | Â | Â |
Age (years) | 60.11 ± 9.17 | 61.90 ± 9.81 | − 3.202 | 0.001 | 58.61 ± 9.27 | 62.65 ± 9.75 | − 6.488 | < 0.001 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 22.64 ± 3.59 | 23.77 ± 3.74 | − 4.937 | 0.000 | 23.66 ± 3.9 | 24.81 ± 4.45 | − 5.112 | < 0.001 |
Education | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Illiterate | 531 (13.03) | 36 (12.41) | 2.741 | 0.433 | 2028 (42.53) | 99 (42.31) | 3.326 | 0.344 |
 Less than elementary school | 3019 (74.07) | 207 (71.38) |  |  | 2406 (50.46) | 120 (51.28) |  |  |
 High school | 338 (8.29) | 29 (10) |  |  | 250 (5.24) | 8 (3.42) |  |  |
 Above vocational school | 188 (4.61) | 18 (6.21) |  |  | 84 (1.76) | 7 (2.99) |  |  |
Marital status | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Single | 381 (9.35) | 23 (7.93) | 0.647 | 0.421 | 684 (14.35) | 59 (25.21) | 20.831 | < 0.001 |
 Married | 3695 (90.65) | 267 (92.07) |  |  | 4084 (85.65) | 175 (74.79) |  |  |
Living place | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Rural | 2706 (66.39) | 175 (60.34) | 4.406 | 0.036 | 3054 (64.05) | 128 (54.7) | 8.427 | 0.004 |
 Urban | 1370 (33.61) | 115 (39.66) |  |  | 1714 (35.95) | 106 (45.3) |  |  |
Smoking status | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 No | 997 (24.46) | 80 (27.59) | 8.849 | 0.012 | 4387 (92.01) | 211 (90.17) | 6.186 | 0.045 |
 Former smoke | 683 (16.76) | 64 (22.07) |  |  | 92 (1.93) | 10 (4.27) |  |  |
 Current smoke | 2396 (58.78) | 146 (50.34) |  |  | 289 (6.06) | 13 (5.56) |  |  |
Alcohol habit | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 No | 1792 (43.96) | 118 (40.69) | 12.946 | 0.002 | 4178 (87.63) | 207 (88.46) | 0.677 | 0.713 |
 Less than once a month | 466 (11.43) | 17 (5.86) |  |  | 241 (5.05) | 13 (5.56) |  |  |
 More than once a month | 1818 (44.6) | 155 (53.45) |  |  | 349 (7.32) | 14 (5.98) |  |  |
Eating habit | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 ≤ 2 meals per day | 544 (13.35) | 36 (12.41) | 0.205 | 0.903 | 632 (13.26) | 29 (12.39) | 3.013 | 0.222 |
 3 meals per day | 3476 (85.28) | 250 (86.21) |  |  | 4076 (85.49) | 199 (85.04) |  |  |
 ≥ 4 meals per day | 56 (1.37) | 4 (1.38) |  |  | 60 (1.26) | 6 (2.56) |  |  |
Social events | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 No | 2010 (49.31) | 136 (46.9) | 0.633 | 0.426 | 2380 (49.92) | 116 (49.57) | 0.011 | 0.918 |
 Yes | 2066 (50.69) | 154 (53.1) |  |  | 2388 (50.08) | 118 (50.43) |  |  |
Experience of a traumatic event | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 No | 3550 (87.1) | 250 (86.21) | 0.189 | 0.663 | 4437 (93.06) | 217 (92.74) | 0.036 | 0.850 |
 Yes | 526 (12.9) | 40 (13.79) |  |  | 331 (6.94) | 17 (7.26) |  |  |
Physical exercises habit | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 No physical exercise | 2517 (61.75) | 197 (67.93) | 6.367 | 0.041 | 2912 (61.07) | 145 (61.97) | 0.118 | 0.943 |
 Less than regular physical exercises | 780 (19.14) | 39 (13.45) |  |  | 918 (19.25) | 43 (18.38) |  |  |
 Regular physical exercises | 779 (19.11) | 54 (18.62) |  |  | 938 (19.67) | 46 (19.66) |  |  |
Famine exposure | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 No-exposed | 474 (11.63) | 28 (9.66) | 12.438 | 0.006 | 792 (16.61) | 18 (7.69) | 36.492 | < 0.001 |
 Fetal exposed | 426 (10.45) | 33 (11.38) |  |  | 615 (12.9) | 20 (8.55) |  |  |
 Childhood-exposed | 1666 (40.87) | 94 (32.41) |  |  | 1904 (39.93) | 84 (35.90) |  |  |
 Adolescence/adult-exposed | 1510 (37.05) | 135 (46.55) |  |  | 1457 (30.56) | 112 (47.86) |  |  |
Hypertension | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 No | 2851 (69.95) | 158 (54.48) | 30.222 | 0.000 | 3268 (68.54) | 115 (49.15) | 38.329 | < 0.001 |
 Yes | 1225 (30.05) | 132 (45.52) |  |  | 1500 (31.46) | 119 (50.85) |  |  |