Sex difference in the association of serum uric acid with metabolic syndrome and its components: a cross-sectional study in a Chinese Yi population

Aug 30, 2017Postgraduate medicine

Sex differences in how blood uric acid levels relate to metabolic syndrome and its parts in a Chinese Yi population

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Abstract

The prevalence of hyperuricemia and metabolic syndrome in a Chinese Yi population is 21.0% and 17.1%, respectively.

  • Serum uric acid levels were positively correlated with waist circumference, body mass index, and triglycerides.
  • Higher serum uric acid levels were negatively correlated with high-density lipoprotein cholesterol.
  • Increased serum uric acid levels were associated with a higher prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its components in both sexes.
  • Men in the highest quartile of serum uric acid levels had over three times the risk of metabolic syndrome compared to those in the lowest quartile.
  • Women with higher serum uric acid levels had increased risks of metabolic syndrome and central obesity but a lower risk of high blood pressure.

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