Prevalence of asymptomatic hyperuricemia and its association with prediabetes, dyslipidemia and subclinical inflammation markers among young healthy adults in Qatar

Table 3 Correlation Coefficient with serum uric acid levels

Parameter	Correlation coefficient	R²	p-value
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	0.482	0.232	<0.001
Folate (nmol/L)	-0.122	0.015	<0.001
RBC (10⁶/µL)	0.434	0.188	<0.001
TIBC (µmol/L)	-0.288	0.083	<0.001
WBC (10³/µL)	0.029	0.001	0.387
Monocyte (%)	0.139	0.019	<0.001
Platelets (10³/µL)	-0.171	0.029	<0.001
HDL (mmol/L)	-0.429	0.184	<0.001
LDL (mmol/L)	0.221	0.049	<0.001
*Triglycerides (mmol/L)	0.308	NA	<0.001
*C-peptide (ng/mL)	0.274	NA	<0.001
Glucose (mmol/L)	0.207	0.043	<0.001
HbA_1c (%)	0.147	0.022	<0.001
*Ferritin (µg/L)	0.568	NA	<0.001
*MHR	0.409	NA	<0.001

*Variables are not normally distributed, and thus Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient was used.

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