Hyperuricemia prevalence was progressively higher in each TG/HDL-C group from Q1-4 (P < 0.001 for all) with adjustment for underlying confounders (gender, age, education, tobacco and alcohol consumption, being either overweight or obese, TC, LDL-C, albumin, estimating glomerular filtration rate, ALT, hypertension, and diabetes). This evidence concerns the gene ALB and Hypertension.