Table 2 Comparison of characteristics between children in different SUA deviation groups

Age, yr

6.0 ± 2.3^bcde

6.3 ± 2.3^acde

6.9 ± 2.6^abde

7.6 ± 2.7^abce

9.1 ± 2.9^abcd

 < 0.001

Boys [n (%)]

453 (61.1)

1229 (64.6)

905 (63.2)

409 (67.5)

178 (73.9)

0.001

BMI z score

0.09 ± 1.27^bcde

0.26 ± 1.19^acde

0.46 ± 1.11^abde

0.62 ± 1.05^abc

0.82 ± 0.92^abc

 < 0.001

SUA, mg/dL

2.92 ± 0.30^bcde

3.78 ± 0.27^acde

4.65 ± 0.26^abde

5.54 ± 0.26^abce

6.84 ± 0.70^abcd

 < 0.001

FPG, mmol/L

4.40 ± 0.41^ce

4.43 ± 0.47^e

4.46 ± 0.51^a

4.44 ± 0.46^e

4.54 ± 0.49^abd

 < 0.001

TC, mmol/L

3.83 ± 0.69

3.85 ± 0.69

3.85 ± 0.62

3.88 ± 0.67

3.78 ± 0.69

0.421

TG, mmol/L

0.80 ± 0.48^cde

0.82 ± 0.41^cde

0.88 ± 0.57^abde

0.99 ± 0.59^abce

1.16 ± 0.71^abcd

 < 0.001

HDL-C, mmol/L

1.44 ± 0.31^cde

1.42 ± 0.31^cde

1.39 ± 0.28^abe

1.37 ± 0.29^abe

1.25 ± 0.26^abcd

 < 0.001

Non-HDL-C, mmol/L

2.39 ± 0.62^de

2.43 ± 0.63^d

2.46 ± 0.58

2.51 ± 0.64^ab

2.53 ± 0.64^a

0.001

LDL-C, mmol/L

2.13 ± 0.59

2.16 ± 0.59

2.17 ± 0.54

2.19 ± 0.57

2.15 ± 0.56

0.313

ALT, U/L

12.06 ± 3.39^bcde

12.67 ± 3.95^acde

13.23 ± 4.38^abde

14.09 ± 4.80^abce

15.23 ± 5.26^abcd

 < 0.001

AST, U/L

24.18 ± 5.26^cde

24.11 ± 5.07^cde

23.24 ± 4.78^abde

22.57 ± 5.24^abce

21.31 ± 4.92^abcd

 < 0.001

GGT, U/L

9.30 ± 2.56^bcde

10.02 ± 2.95^acde

11.00 ± 3.75^abde

12.20 ± 4.37^abce

13.82 ± 5.50^abcd

 < 0.001

ALP, U/L

227.75 ± 55.15^bcde

235.49 ± 53.92^acde

242.69 ± 58.55^abde

258.21 ± 69.09^abce

280.37 ± 88.92^abcd

 < 0.001

Serum urea, μmol/L

4.46 ± 0.95^cde

4.52 ± 0.98^cde

4.63 ± 0.97^ab

4.72 ± 0.95^ab

4.76 ± 0.98^ab

 < 0.001

Serum Cr, μmol/L

35.03 ± 7.07^bcde

36.91 ± 7.24^acde

39.08 ± 7.77^abde

41.04 ± 8.11^abce

45.89 ± 9.82^abcd

 < 0.001

Dyslipidemia [n (%)]

96 (12.9)

305 (16.0)

241 (16.8)

141 (23.3)

73 (30.3)

 < 0.001

Hypercholesteremia [n (%)]

23 (3.1)

69 (3.6)

34 (2.4)

24 (4.0)

5 (2.1)

0.500

Hypertriglyceridemia [n (%)]

36 (4.9)

109 (5.7)

125 (8.7)

83 (13.7)

46 (19.1)

 < 0.001

Low HDL-C [n (%)]

51 (6.9)

163 (8.6)

134 (9.4)

66 (10.9)

45 (18.7)

 < 0.001

High Non-HDL-C [n (%)]

18 (2.4)

52 (2.7)

36 (2.5)

26 (4.3)

8 (3.3)

0.112

High LDL-C [n (%)]

5 (0.7)

11 (0.6)

5 (0.3)

5 (0.8)

0 (0.0)

0.467