Elevated log uric acid-to-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio (UHR) as a predictor of increased female infertility risk: insights from the NHANES 2013–2020

Table 2 Logistic regression analysis of the association between the log UHR and infertility risk

	Crude model	P	Model 1^a	P	Model 2^b	P
	OR (95% CI)	P	OR (95% CI)	P	OR (95% CI)	P
Log UHR (continuous)	2.048 (1.642,2.557)	< 0.001	1.854 (1.432,2.405)	< 0.001	1.830 (1.396,2.401)	< 0.001
Log UHR (categories)
Q1	Ref.		Ref.		Ref.
Q2	1.434 (1.085,1.903)	0.012	1.433 (1.078,1.911)	0.014	1.444 (1.084,1.929)	0.012
Q3	1.667 (1.270,2.200)	< 0.001	1.534 (1.150,2.054)	0.004	1.526 (1.140,2.051)	0.005
Q4	2.084 (1.602,2.728)	< 0.001	1.759 (1.301,2.388)	<0.001	1.701 (1.246,2.331)	<0.001
P for trend		< 0.001		< 0.001		0.002

OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval
^aModel 1: adjusted for age, race, marital status, educational level, and BMI
^bModel 2: Model 1 + smoking status, alcohol consumption status, hypertension status, diabetes status, ALT levels, AST levels, creatinine levels, total cholesterol levels, and blood urea nitrogen levels

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