Association between uric acid to high-density lipoprotein ratio and mental health symptoms in people with type 2 diabetes

Table 5 Threshold effect analysis of uric acid-to-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio on depression and anxiety

Outcome	SDS, β (95%CI)	P value	SAS, β (95%CI)	P value
Model 1
Standard linear model	1.27 (0.80-1.74)	< 0.0001	0.72 (0.35-1.09)	0.0001
Model II
Inflection point (K)	5.02		4.00
< K	0.07 (-1.00 to 1.14)	0.8918	-0.22 (-1.35 to 0.91)	0.7061
> K	1.83 (1.13-2.53)	< 0.0001	0.91 (0.43-1.40)	0.0002

Adjusted for gender, age, education level, diabetes mellitus duration, smoking status, drinking status, body mass index, glycated hemoglobin, fasting plasma glucose, aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, triglycerides, total cholesterol, and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol. K: Inflection point; SAS: Self-Rating Anxiety Scale; SDS: Self-Rating Depression Scale.