Compared with patients with SUA concentrations ≤ 325.80 μmol/L, there was a higher proportion of men, overweight, general obesity, central obesity, smoking and drinking habits, CHD, DM, dyslipidemia and antihypertensive agent usage, elevated values of DBP, BMI, WHR, Hcy, TC, TG, LDL-C, BUN, serum creatinine, AST, ALT, total and direct bilirubin, and lower values of SBP, HDL-C, and eGFR in patients of the third and highest SUA quartiles (all P-values < 0.05, Table 1). This evidence concerns the gene GPT and metabolic syndrome.