Overview of the UA concentrations and conventional and MS related variables in the study sample.

*Criteria of MS: 1. Hypertension, systolic presure ≥130 mmHg and/or diastolic presure ≥85 mmHg and/or treatment of hypertension; 2. Reduced HDL-cholesterol, HDL cholesterol<1.0 (<1.30, resp.) mmol/L for men (women, resp.); 3. Hypertriacylglycerolemia, triacylglycerol ≥1.7 mmol/L; 4. Hyperglycemia, glycemia ≥5.6 mmol/L and/or treated diabetes mellitus; 5. Obesity, BMI ≥25 kg/m2 and/or WHR ≥0.90 (≥0.85) for men (or women, respectively).
**Throughout the analysis and interpretation of the effect of alcohol consumption we used the number of drinks per day,however, for clarity of presentation, the alcohol consumption is shown in number of drinks per week.