Early-life exposure to the Chinese famine of 1959–61 and risk of Hyperuricemia: results from the China health and retirement longitudinal study

Table 3 Multivariable-adjusted ORs (95%CI) for the association of gender, BMI, and famine exposure in early life with hyperuricemia

	Unexposed	Fetal-exposed	Early-childhood exposed	P _interaction
Gender^a				0.374
Female	1.00	1.29 (0.80–2.06)	1.96 (1.17–3.28)
Male	1.56 (0.95–2.58)	2.46 (1.43–4.26)	0.81 (0.50–1.30)
Famine severity^b				0.351
Less severity	1.00	1.31 (0.77–2.22)	1.27 (0.77–2.08)
Severity	1.20 (0.78–1.85)	1.85 (1.16–2.96)	1.11 (0.70–1.76)
Residence^c				0.548
Rural	1.00	1.54 (1.05–2.25)	1.16 (0.81–1.67)
Urban	1.29 (0.84–2.00)	1.61 (0.95–2.73)	1.03 (0.62–1.73)
BMI, kg/m^2d				0.042
< 24	1.00	2.58 (1.49–4.53)	1.58 (0.89–2.78)
≥ 24	3.39 (2.06–5.57)	3.66 (2.13–6.30)	3.00 (1.78–5.06)

Abbreviations: OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, BMI body mass index
^a adjust marital status, famine severity, residence, smoking, drinking, BMI, hypertension, and diabetes
^b adjust gender, marital status, residence, smoking, drinking, BMI, hypertension, and diabetes
^c adjust gender, marital status, famine severity, smoking, drinking, BMI, hypertension, and diabetes
^d adjust gender, marital status, famine severity, residence, smoking, drinking, hypertension, and diabetes

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