Baseline and changes in serum uric acid independently predict glucose control among community-dwelling women

Table 5 Multivariate-adjusted changes in and follow-up HbA1c of women categorized by baseline and changes in serum uric acid

	Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4	p-value*
Baseline serum uric acid	< 4.0 mg/dL	≥ 4.0 mg/dL	< 4.0 mg/dL	≥ 4.0 mg/dL
Changes in serum uric acid	< 0.80 mg/dL	< 0.80 mg/dL	≥ 0.80 mg/dL	≥ 0.80 mg/dL
Characteristics N = 393	N = 88	N = 193	N = 49	N = 63
Multivariate-adjusted changes in HbA1c	0.71 (0.64–0.79)	0.83 (0.78–0.88)	0.86 (0.76–0.96)	0.93 (0.84–1.01)^a	0.004
Multivariate-adjusted follow up HbA1c	5.60 (5.52–5.66)	5.72 (5.67–5.77)^b	5.74 (5.65–5.84)	5.81 (5.73–5.89)^a	0.002

Data presented are the mean (95% confidence interval) values. Data for triglycerides and HbA1c were skewed and were log-transformed for analysis. Multivariate-adjusted for confounding factors in Table 1
^ap < 0.005; ^b p < 0.05 vs. Group 1 by Bonferroni. Significant values (p < 0.05) are presented in italics

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