Table 1 Baseline characteristics according to tertile of waist circumference among men.

From: Relationship between abdominal circumference and the incidence of hyperuricemia in the general Japanese population

 

Waist circumference (cm)

p-value for the trend

Tertile 1

 ≤ 81.0 cm

N = 793

Tertile 2

81.1ー88.0 cm

N = 772

Tertile 3

 > 88.0 cm

N = 1072

Age, mean (SD), years

58.9 (11.2)

60.9 (9.8)

61.5 (9.4)

 < 0.001

Body mass index, mean (SD), kg/m2

21.1 (1.9)

23.6 (1.7)

27.0 (2.6)

 < 0.001

Obesity*, N (%)

18 (2.3)

158 (20.5)

607 (79.2)

 < 0.001

Uric acid, mean (SD), µmol/L

315.6 (57.6)

331.5 (57.6)

332.3 (58.7)

 < 0.001

Systolic blood pressure, mean (SD), mmHg

126.4 (17.9)

131.3 (17.5)

135.3 (17.6)

 < 0.001

Diastolic blood pressure, means(SD), mmHg

74.0 (11.1)

76.2 (10.6)

78.9 (10.8)

 < 0.001

Hypertension**, N (%)

274 (34.6)

405 (52.5)

483 (63.1)

 < 0.001

HbA1c, mean (SD)

5.4 (0.7)

5.5 (0.8)

5.7 (0.9)

 < 0.001

Diabetes mellitus***, N (%)

70 (8.8)

107 (13.9)

154 (20.2)

 < 0.001

High-density lipoprotein cholesterol, mean (SD), mmol/L

1.7 (0.4)

1.5 (0.4)

1.4 (0.4)

 < 0.001

Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, mean (SD), mmol/L

2.9 (0.7)

3.0 (0.8)

3.1 (0.8)

 < 0.001

Triglyceride, mean (SD), mmol/L

1.1 (0.6)

1.4 (0.8)

1.7 (1.2)

 < 0.001

Dyslipidemia****, N (%)

213 (26.8)

331 (42.9)

407 (53.1)

 < 0.001

Estimated glomerular filtration rate, mean (SD), mL/min/1.73m2

78.6 (15.2)

76.5 (15.6)

74.6 (16.1)

 < 0.001

Urine protein, N (%)

49 (6.2)

47 (6.1)

72 (9.4)

0.016

Chronic kidney disease*****, N (%)

101 (12.8)

121 (15.8)

166 (21.8)

 < 0.001

Smoking, N (%)

306 (38.6)

249 (32.3)

232 (30.3)

 < 0.001

Current daily alcohol intake, N (%)

302 (40.3)

332 (47.0)

306 (44.7)

0.087

Regular exercise, N (%)

236 (30.7)

205 (27.8)

208 (28.6)

0.360

  1. *Body mass index of ≥ 25 kg/m2. **BP ≥ 140/90 mmHg or us of blood pressure lowering medication. ***Fasting blood glucose concentration ≥ 7.0 mmol/L, Non-fasting blood glucose concentration ≥ 11.1 mmol/L, HbA1c values ≥ 6.5%, or use of glucose-lowering therapy. ****LDH cholesterol concentrations ≥ 3.62 mmol/L, HDL cholesterol concentrations < 1.03 mmol/L, triglyceride concentrations ≥ 1.69 mmol/L, or use of lipid-lowering medication. *****eGFR < 60 mL/min/1.73m2 or urine protein ≥ 1.