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Table 1 Baseline Characteristics of Participants

From: Association of serum uric acid with anemia in U.S. adults: a cross-sectional study using secondary data

characteristics

Non-anemia

Anemia

P-value

N

8197

1008

 

Age (years)

46.60 ± 16.88

51.61 ± 18.10

< 0.001

gender (n, %)

  

< 0.001

male

4151 (50.64%)

318 (31.55%)

 

female

4046 (49.36%)

690 (68.45%)

 

Race (n, %)

  

< 0.001

mexican American

1036 (12.64%)

114 (11.31%)

 

non-Hispanic white

3307(40.34%)

201 (19.94%)

 

non-Hispanic black

1662 (20.28%)

467 (46.33%)

 

other Hispanic

826 (10.08%)

78 (7.74%)

 

other races

1366 (16.66%)

148 (14.68%)

 

Academic level (n, %)

  

< 0.001

below high school

1789 (21.84%)

275 (27.34%)

 

high school

1787 (21.81%)

222 (22.07%)

 

above high school

4616 (56.35%)

509 (50.60%)

 

Marital status (n, %)

  

< 0.001

living with partner/married

4816 (58.77%)

516 (51.24%)

 

divorced/widowed/separated

1626 (19.84%)

271 (26.91%)

 

never married

1753 (21.39%)

220 (21.85%)

 

Poverty-income ratio (n, %)

  

< 0.001

< 1

1789 (23.68%)

267 (29.15%)

 

>=1

5767 (76.32%)

649 (70.85%)

 

Smoking status (n, %)

  

< 0.001

never smoker

4663 (56.94%)

676 (67.13%)

 

former smoker

1766 (21.56%)

201 (19.96%)

 

current smoker

1761 (21.50%)

130 (12.91%)

 

Drinking (n, %)

  

< 0.001

no

1921 (25.86%)

335 (37.60%)

 

yes

5507 (74.14%)

556 (62.40%)

 

Hypertension (n, %)

  

< 0.001

no

5532 (67.56%)

555 (55.11%)

 

yes

2656 (32.44%)

452 (44.89%)

 

Diabetes (n, %)

  

< 0.001

no

7345 (89.67%)

795 (78.87%)

 

yes

846 (10.33%)

213 (21.13%)

 

congestive heart failure (n, %)

  

< 0.001

no

8005 (97.81%)

939 (93.34%)

 

yes

179 (2.19%)

67 (6.66%)

 

coronary heart disease (n, %)

no

yes

Hyperuricemia(n, %)

no

yes

UACR(mg/g)

White blood cells (103 cells/ul )

Platelets (103 cells/ul)

Serum iron (ug/dl)

7931 (97.02%)

244 (2.98%)

6658(81.22%)

1539 (18.78%)

6.82(4.50-12.64)

6.90(5.70–8.40)

234.90 ± 57.39

83.00(63.00-106.00)

951 (94.72%)

53 (5.28%)

779 (77.28%)

229 (22.72%)

8.70(5.49–22.78)

6.60(5.30–8.20)

252.38 ± 75.82

55.00(34.00–78.00)

< 0.001

0.003

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

Vitamin B12(pg/ml)

383.00(284.90-525.50)

397.00(276.00-569.00)

0.100

RBC folate (ng/mL)

459.00(351.00-600.00)

472.00(347.00-662.00)

0.015

Total cholesterol(mg/dl)

192.72 ± 40.82

178.61 ± 41.35

< 0.001

eGFR(mL/min/1.73m2)

97.87 ± 23.43

91.96 ± 33.62

0.001

Uric acid (mg/dl,)

5.43 ± 1.38

5.28 ± 1.66

< 0.001

Albumin(g/dl)

4.30 ± 0.32

4.01 ± 0.37

< 0.001

BMI (kg/m2)

28.83 ± 6.89

29.76 ± 7.61

0.001

  1. Abbreviations: RBC: red blood cells, BMI: body mass index, eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate, UACR: urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio