Fig. 1

The average uric acid concentrations (μmol/L) with the dominant model of rs3825017 genotypes from 3 to 9 years of age, by sex. a Boys, b Girls The least-squared mean by genotypes (as a dominant model) at each follow-up age were obtained from a mixed model under a random intercept model with variance components structure. It was estimated while controlling for time, birth weight, maternal education level, and body mass index at each time point. Genetic variants and time were applied as categorical values to obtain the mean values for the genetic variant at each time point. The box indicates the average UA concentration, and the vertical lines show the standard error