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Table 2 Standardized regression coefficient for the association between BMI and UA in three steps analyses

From: The relationship between body mass index and uric acid: a study on Japanese adult twins

 

Individual-level analysis (GLMMs) (95 % CI)

Twin-pair difference values [MZ + DZ] (95 % CI)

Twin-pair difference values [MZ] (95 % CI)

BMI for men

0.194 (0.016–0.373)

0.382 (0.145–0.620)

0.333 (0.072–0.594)

BMI for women

0.186 (0.071–0.302)

0.272 (0.112–0.432)

0.314 (0.151–0.477)

  1. Adjusted standardized regression coefficient with age, creatinine, and BHPI
  2. BMI body mass index, GLMMs generalized linear mixed models, CI confidence interval, MZ monozygotic, DZ dizygotic, BHPI Breslow's Health Practice Index