Data from an observational study with potential predictors for uric acid levels.

These data are from a cross-sectional study examining the association of hyperuricemia with dietary magnesium in 5,168 participants in China. The study measured several other possible predictors, including body mass index (BMI, measured in kg/m^2) and are used in the chapter on logistic regression in Introductory Statistics for the Life and Biomedical Sciences (ISLBS).

Usage

hyperuricemia

Format

A tibble with 5168 rows and 8 variables:

sex

Factor with levels male and female

age

Numeric, measured in years

height

Numeric, measured in cm

weight

Numeric, Measured in kg

bmi

Numeric, body mass index, weight divided by height in meters squared

uric.acid

measured in micromolar/liter. Hyperuricemia (HU) was defined as uric acid >= 416 micromolar/L for males and >= 360 micromolar/L for females.

magnesium.intake

Daily magnesium intake from a food frequency questionnaire, measured in mg/day

hu

A factor, with levels no, hyperuricemia absent, yes, hyperuricemia present. Hyperuricemia (HU) was defined as uric acid >= 416 micromolar/L for males and >= 360 micromolar/L for females.

Source

doi:10.5061/dryad.n5j23

References

Wang, Yi-lun, et al. "Association between dietary magnesium intake and hyperuricemia." PLoS One 10.11 (2015): e0141079. 10.1371/journal.pone.0141079