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Table 3 Baseline and demographic characteristics of participants with and without heart failure among those with hyperuricemia

From: Hyperuricemia and gout increased the risk of long-term mortality in patients with heart failure: insights from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Variables

No HF

(Unweighted n = 8333)

HF

(Unweighted n = 681)

P value

Weighted, n (%)

37,813,728 (94.3)

2,283,237 (5.7)

 

Age (mean [SE])a

50.02 (0.28)

67.97 (0.63)

 < 0.001

Age groups (%)

  

 < 0.001

 20–39

2206 (31.7)

11 (2.1)

 

 40–59

2545 (36.1)

120 (21.2)

 

 60–79

2797 (26.0)

369 (52.8)

 

  ≥ 80

785 (6.2)

182 (23.9)

 

Gender (%)

  

 < 0.001

 Men

4632 (57.7)

363 (48.3)

 

 Women

3701 (42.3)

318 (51.7)

 

Race (%)

  

 < 0.001

 Mexican American

1002 (6.1)

50 (2.9)

 

 Other Hispanic

546 (4.3)

40 (3.2)

 

 Non-Hispanic White

3866 (70.0)

379 (74.6)

 

 Non-Hispanic Black

2062 (12.2)

185 (15.5)

 

 Other race

857 (7.4)

27 (3.9)

 

 Education level (%)

  

 < 0.001

 Less than 9th grade

893 (5.6)

108 (11.4)

 

 9–11th grade

1186 (10.7)

126 (16.0)

 

 High school graduate

2053 (25.9)

181 (28.7)

 

 College or AA degree

2511 (33.2)

192 (31.0)

 

 College graduate or above

1678 (24.5)

73 (12.8)

 

Citizenship status (%)

  

 < 0.001

 Citizen by birth or naturalization

7544 (93.6)

661 (98.5)

 

 Not a citizen of the US

779 (6.3)

20 (1.5)

 

Marital status (%)

   

 Married/living with partner

4793 (61.4)

330 (53.8)

 < 0.001

 Widowed/divorced/separated

2165 (21.2)

307 (40.7)

 

 Never married

1370 (17.4)

44 (5.5)

 

Insurance status (%)

  

 < 0.001

 Yes

6388 (83.8)

639 (93.9)

 

 No

1468 (16.1)

40 (6.0)

 

BMI (%)

  

 < 0.001

  < 18.5

42 (0.4)

2 (0.3)

 

 18.5–24.9

1115 (12.9)

85 (11.7)

 

 25–29.9

2552 (31.3)

177 (26.0)

 

  ≥ 30.0

4445 (55.4)

379 (62.0)

 

Waist circumference a

107.38 (0.30)

112.65 (0.93)

 < 0.001

Smoking (%)

4048 (48.2)

441 (61.3)

 < 0.001

Total cholesterol

5.24 (0.018)

4.59 (0.058)

 < 0.001

Triglyceridesa

2.13 (0.027)

1.92 (0.059)

 < 0.001

Uric acida

438.94 (0.76)

468.24 (3.77)

 < 0.001

Hypertension (%)

4345 (47.1)

572 (81.1)

 < 0.001

Diabetes (%)

1280 (11.9)

292 (40.4)

 < 0.001

Cancer (%)

934 (10.9)

151 (27.8)

 < 0.001

Stroke (%)

424 (3.7)

137 (19.8)

 < 0.001

Coronary artery disease (%)

347 (3.7)

250 (35.9)

 < 0.001

  1. aData are presented as unweighted n (weighted percentage) for categorical variables and weighted means and standard errors for continuous variables