Interaction between body mass index and serum uric acid in relation to blood pressure in community-dwelling Japanese men

Table 6 Association between serum uric acid levels and blood pressure status of participants categorized by body mass index

Characteristic N = 817	Body mass index < 21.0 kg/m²			Body mass index ≥21.0 kg/m²			P-interaction
Characteristic N = 817	N = 216	OR (95% CI)	P-value §	N = 601	OR (95% CI)	P-value §	P-interaction
Prehypertension VS Normotension
Serum uric acid	90/62	1.25 (0.91-1.72)	0.168	245/97	0.95 (0.77-1.18)	0.650	0.073
Hypertension VS Normotension
Serum uric acid	64/62	1.53 (0.99-2.38)	0.058	259/97	0.75 (0.59-0.95)	0.018	0.004
Hypertension VS Prehypertension
Serum uric acid	64/90	1.26 (0.92-1.74)	0.149	259/245	0.82 (0.70-0.96)	0.012	0.077

Data for fasting plasma glucose and γ-glutamyl transpeptidase were skewed and log-transformed for analysis. Bolded numbers indicate significance
OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, VS versus
§Multivariate adjusted for age, body mass index, smoking status, LDL cholesterol, prevalence of antilipidemic medication, fasting plasma glucose, Estimated GFR, and γ-glutamyl transpeptidase, which were significant in Table 4

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