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Table 1 Thresholds used to define risk levels

From: Untangling the complex relationships between incident gout risk, serum urate, and its comorbidities

Variable

Unit

Levels

Serum urate

mg/dl

Normal: < 6; medium-high, 6–8; high: > 8

Body mass index

kg/ m2

Non-obese: ≤ 30; obese: > 30

Systolic blood pressure

mm Hg

Normal or prehypertensive: ≤ 140; hypertensive: > 140

Glucose

mmol/l

Normal: ≤ 7; high: > 7

HDL cholesterol

mmol/l

Low: < 1; normal: ≥ 1

LDL cholesterol

mmol/l

Normal: ≤ 3.4; high: > 3.4

eGFR

mL/min/1.73 m2

Low: < 60; normal or mildly reduced: ≥ 60

Triglycerides

mmol/l

Normal: ≤ 1.7; high: > 1.7

  1. The thresholds used to define normal and high levels, and unit conversion ratios were obtained from other sources [1923]