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Table 1 Age-stratified characteristics of participants in KNHANES 2016 according to tertiles of serum uric acid levels (N = 4230)

From: High serum uric acid level is associated with greater handgrip strength in the aged population

Variable

Age 20–39 (N = 1497)

Age 40–59 (N = 1747)

Age ≥ 60 (N = 986)

N

T1*

T2*

T3*

P

N

T1*

T2*

T3*

P

N

T1*

T2*

T3*

P

% or mean (SD)

% or mean (SD)

% or mean (SD)

Handgrip strength

1497

32.0 (10.5)

34.2 (10.5)

35.2 (11.3)

< 0.01

1747

33.5 (10.1)

34.0 (10.3)

34.3 (10.9)

0.38

986

30.6 (9.6)

29.9 (8.9)

29.6 (9.9)

0.35

Male

650

34.9

45.9

47.4

< 0.01

796

43.7

45.7

47.6

0.17

553

63.0

53.8

48.2

< 0.01

Income

    

0.65

    

0.64

    

0.79

 1st quartile

100

7.0

6.6

6.6

 

121

6.5

8.0

6.4

 

325

33.0

32.1

34.2

 

 2nd quartile

366

24.0

25.1

24.3

 

366

20.3

1837

23.9

 

292

30.6

27.8

30.5

 

 3rd quartile

540

36.1

38.0

34.5

 

544

32.9

31.9

28.4

 

201

21.4

22.7

16.5

 

 4th quartile

488

32.9

30.3

40.0

 

715

40.3

41.1

41.3

 

165

15.0

17.4

18.8

 

Current smoker

372

20.5

26.4

37.6

0.04

369

19.1

20.7

23.9

0.04

125

16.0

9.7

10.9

0.03

Alcohol (ever)

1455

96.4

97.7

97.3

0.42

1617

9138

92.4

93.6

0.26

804

80.9

80.9

83.2

0.46

Physical activity (metS-h/week)

1497

1338 (2108)

1576 (2354)

1418 (1750)

0.20

1747

1335 (1974)

1278 (1565)

1284 (1569)

0.82

986

1291 (1771)

1393 (1782)

1222 (1740)

0.50

Low activity

592

44.3

35.8

39.4

0.23

765

44.0

45.7

41.7

0.71

441

43.1

43.5

48.5

0.17

Moderate activity

660

40.5

47.0

44.0

 

747

42.0

41.4

44.9

 

447

47.2

43.8

44.2

 

High activity

245

15.2

17.1

16.5

 

235

14.0

12.9

13.4

 

98

9.7

12.7

7.3

 

Resistance exercise (days for 1 week)

1497

1.6 (1.3)

1.7 (1.5)

1.8 (1.6)

0.05

1747

1.7 (1.5)

1.8 (1.5)

1.8 (1.5)

0.80

986

1.9 (1.7)

1.8 (1.7)

1.9 (1.7)

0.89

Protein intake (g/day)

1497

76 (45)

78 (43)

82 (50)

0.18

1747

71 (34)

73 (39)

74 (38)

0.49

986

60 (42)

61 (29)

60 (30)

0.95

Body mass index (kg/m2)

    

< 0.01

    

< 0.01

    

< 0.01

< 18.5

98

8.8

6.8

4.8

 

43

2.6

3.2

1.6

 

22

3.9

1.0

1.1

 

18.5–24.9

949

71.5

68.3

53.6

 

1079

69.4

61.9

52.8

 

630

66.8

65.2

58.0

 

≥ 25

444

19.7

24.9

41.6

 

625

28.0

34.9

45.6

 

334

29.3

33.8

40.9

 

Hypertension

28

0.2

1.7

3.2

< 0.01

290

15.7

12.7

21.4

0.01

436

44.8

42.8

44.9

0.97

Diabetes

8

0.7

0.4

0.5

0.73

104

9.1

4.9

3.4

< 0.01

180

22.5

16.1

14.2

< 0.01

Cardiovascular disease

1

0.0

0.0

0.2

0.26

30

2.3

1.3

1.4

0.23

84

7.7

8.4

9.9

0.34

Metabolic syndrome

210

7.7

10.4

22.0

< 0.01

530

22.9

26.7

42.4

< 0.01

418

33.7

42.5

55.5

< 0.01

  1. *T1: first tertile (≤ 5.2 mg/dL men; ≤ 3.9 mg/dL women); *T2: second tertile (5.3–6.2 mg/dL men; 4.0–4.6 mg/dL women); *T3: third tertile (≥ 6.3 mg/dL men; ≥ 4.7 mg/dL women). ANOVA was used for continuous variables. The chi-square analysis was used for categorical variables