Association between triglyceride-glucose index and hypertension: a cohort study based on the China Health and Nutrition Survey (2009–2015)

Table 3 Association between TyG index and hypertension in subgroups of age and gender

Variables	Model 1		Model 2		Model 3
Variables	OR (95% CI)	P	OR (95% CI)	P	OR (95% CI)	P
< 65 years old (n = 3076)
TyG index	1.60 (1.43–1.79)	< 0.001	1.20 (1.07–1.36)	0.003	1.15 (1.01–1.32)	0.062
TyG index level
≤8.41	Ref		Ref		Ref
>8.41	1.73 (1.50–1.99)	< 0.001	1.24 (1.06–1.45)	0.007	1.19 (1.01–1.39)	0.040
≥ 65 years old (n = 337)
TyG index	1.30 (0.88–1.92)	0.194	1.01 (0.64–1.59)	0.965	1.06 (0.65–1.72)	0.825
TyG index level
≤8.41	Ref		Ref		Ref
>8.41	1.46 (0.94–2.27)	0.094	1.20 (0.74–1.96)	0.464	1.20 (0.73-2.00)	0.473
Male (n = 1415)
TyG index	1.38 (1.19–1.61)	< 0.001	1.13 (0.96–1.34)	0.148	1.01 (0.82–1.24)	0.924
TyG index level
≤8.41	Ref		Ref		Ref
>8.41	1.36 (1.10–1.68)	0.004	1.04 (0.83–1.31)	0.728	0.92 (0.72–1.18)	0.514
Female (n = 1998)
TyG index	1.75 (1.50–2.03)	< 0.001	1.22 (1.04–1.45)	0.018	1.20 (1.01–1.45)	0.055
TyG index level
≤8.41	Ref		Ref		Ref
>8.41	1.96 (1.64–2.34)	< 0.001	1.38 (1.13–1.67)	0.001	1.35 (1.10–1.65)	0.004

TyG index: triglycerides-glucose index, OR: odds ratio, CI: confidence interval, Ref: reference
Model 1: crude model;
Model 2: adjusted for age (not included in age subgroup), gender (not included in gender subgroup), education level, BMI, marital status;
Model 3: adjusted for age (not included in age subgroup), gender (not included in gender subgroup), education level, BMI, marital status, smoking, drinking, DM, asthma, TC, and LDL.

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