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Table 1 Basic characteristics of study participants by with and without hyperuricemia (n = 38,855)

From: Independent and interactive effect of sitting time and physical activity on prevalence of hyperuricemia: the Henan Rural Cohort Study

Characteristics

Total (n = 38,855)

Non-HUA (n = 34,877)

HUA (n = 3978)

P value

Age (year, mean ± SD)

55.56 ± 12.21

55.74 ± 12.05

54.04 ± 13.43

< 0.001a

Gender (n, %)

< 0.001b

 Male

15,371 (39.56)

13,403 (38.43)

1968 (49.47)

 Female

23,484 (60.44)

21,474 (61.57)

2010 (50.53)

Education level (n, %)

< 0.001b

 ≤ Primary school

17,385 (44.74)

15,748 (45.15)

1637 (41.15)

 ≥ Middle school

21,470 (55.26)

19,129 (54.85)

2341 (58.85)

Marital status (n, %)

0.690 b

 Married/living together

34,872 (89.75)

31,309 (89.77)

3563 (89.57)

 Divorced/widowed/separated/unmarried

3983 (10.25)

3568 (10.23)

415 (10.43)

Average monthly income (n, %)

< 0.001b

 < 500 RMB

13,837 (35.61)

12,432 (35.65)

1405 (35.32)

 500–1000 RMB

12,795 (32.93)

11,608 (33.28)

1187 (29.84)

 > 1000 RMB

12,223 (31.46)

10,837 (31.07)

1386 (34.84)

Smoking status (n, %)

< 0.001b

 Never

28,260 (72.73)

25,628 (73.48)

2632 (66.16)

 Former

3134 (8.07)

2739 (7.85)

395 (9.93)

 Current

7461 (19.20)

6510 (18.67)

951 (23.91)

Drinking status (n, %)

< 0.001b

 Never

30,018 (77.26)

27,323 (78.34)

2695 (67.74)

 Former

1796 (4.62)

1610 (4.62)

186 (4.68)

 Current

7041 (18.12)

5944 (17.04)

1097 (27.58)

Physical activity, n (%)

   

< 0.001b

 Light

12,563 (32.33)

11,077 (31.76)

1486 (37.36)

 Moderate

14,644 (37.69)

13,222 (37.91)

1422 (35.75)

 Vigorous

11,648 (29.98)

10,578 (30.33)

1070 (26.90)

MET-Hour/day, (mean ± SD)

18.09 ± 10.11

18.09 ± 10.11

16.81 ± 10.14

< 0.001a

Sitting time

< 0.001b

 < 4 h/day

11,863 (30.53)

10,846 (31.10)

1017 (25.57)

 4–6 h/day

10,377 (26.71)

9386 (26.91)

991 (24.91)

 6–8 h/day

6498 (26.04)

5798 (16.62)

700 (17.60)

 ≥ 8 h/day

10,117 ()

8847 (25.37)

1270 (31.93)

Sitting time (h/day, mean ± SD)

5.59 ± 3.29

5.53 ± 3.26

6.09 ± 3.50

< 0.001a

Dietary pattern

< 0.001b

 Pattern I

7088 (23.90)

7088 (23.90)

1050 (30.02)

 Pattern II

7820 (26.36)

7820 (26.36)

803 (22.96)

 Pattern III

8362 (28.19)

8362 (28.19)

964 (27.56)

 Pattern IV

6393 (21.55)

6393 (21.55)

681 (19.47)

BMI (kg/m2, mean ± SD)

24.84 ± 3.57

24.63 ± 3.49

26.66 ± 3.73

< 0.001a

Serum uric acid level (μmol/L, mean ± SD)

286.49 ± 79.64

269.20 ± 60.69

438.14 ± 63.57

< 0.001a

  1. SD standard deviation, T2DM type 2 diabetes mellitus
  2. aStudent’s t test was used to compare normal distributed continuous variables among the groups
  3. bA chi-square test was used to test the distributions of categorical variables among the groups