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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study participants sorted by tertiles of TyG

From: The correlation of atherosclerosis and triglyceride glucose index: a secondary analysis of a national cross-sectional study of Japanese

 

All participants

Q1 (< 7.96)

Q2 (7.96–8.57)

Q3 (> 8.57)

p value

Participants (n)

912

304

304

304

 

TyG index

8.3 ± 0.7

7.6 ± 0.3

8.3 ± 0.2

9.0 ± 0.4

 < 0.001***

Sex (n%)

    

 < 0.001***

 Males

592 (64.9)

128 (42.1)

203 (66.8)

261 (85.9)

 

 Females

320 (35.1)

176 (57.9)

101 (33.2)

43 (14.1)

 

Age (years)

51.1 ± 9.6

50.7 ± 10.1

51.6 ± 9.4

51.1 ± 9.2

0.493

BMI (kg/m2)

23.1 ± 3.1

21.8 ± 2.5

23.1 ± 3.3

24.5 ± 3.0

 < 0.001***

SBP (mmHg)

120.2 ± 15.0

114.7 ± 13.9

120.9 ± 15.4

125.1 ± 13.7

 < 0.001***

DBP (mmHg)

76.1 ± 10.0

72.0 ± 9.4

76.4 ± 10.2

80.0 ± 8.7

 < 0.001***

FBG (mg/dL)

98.1 ± 14.1

92.2 ± 7.6

98.0 ± 10.4

104.0 ± 18.9

 < 0.001***

Uric acid (mg/dL)

5.3 ± 1.4

4.6 ± 1.3

5.2 ± 1.3

6.0 ± 1.3

 < 0.001***

AST (IU/L)

19.0 (16.0, 23.0)

19.0 (16.0, 22.0)

19.0 (16.0, 23.0)

21.0 (17.0, 26.0)

 < 0.001***

ALT (IU/L)

19.0 (14.0, 26.0)

16.0 (12.8, 20.0)

18.0 (14.0, 23.2)

23.0 (18.0, 34.0)

 < 0.001***

γGTP (IU/L)

19.0 (14.0, 28.0)

14.0 (11.0, 19.0)

18.5 (14.0, 26.0)

25.0 (18.0, 43.0)

 < 0.001***

TC (mg/dL)

209.8 ± 35.9

198.4 ± 33.9

208.0 ± 33.7

223.1 ± 35.8

 < 0.001***

TG (mg/dL)

99.9 ± 74.9

44.2 ± 12.3

81.8 ± 14.8

173.6 ± 87.3

 < 0.001***

HDL-C (mg/dL)

53.5 ± 14.6

62.0 ± 14.0

53.4 ± 13.1

45.2 ± 11.4

 < 0.001***

LDL-C (mg/dL)

128.1 ± 31.7

116.6 ± 29.2

130.4 ± 28.7

137.1 ± 33.5

 < 0.001***

eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2)

70.4 ± 12.0

73.5 ± 13.0

70.2 ± 11.4

67.6 ± 11.0

 < 0.001***

Current smoker (n%)

    

 < 0.001***

 None or past

715 (78.4)

263 (86.5)

233 (76.6)

219 (72)

 

 Current

197 (21.6)

41 (13.5)

71 (23.4)

85 (28)

 

Alcohol group (n%)

    

 < 0.001***

0–40 g/week

594 (65.1)

225 (74)

194 (63.8)

175 (57.6)

 

40–140 g/week

150 (16.4)

42 (13.8)

59 (19.4)

49 (16.1)

 

140–280 g/week

88 (9.6)

23 (7.6)

33 (10.9)

32 (10.5)

 

 > 280 g/week

80 (8.8)

14 (4.6)

18 (5.9)

48 (15.8)

 

Regular exercise (n%)

    

0.008**

 < 1/week

735 (80.6)

229 (75.3)

247 (81.2)

259 (85.2)

 

 ≥ 1/week

177 (19.4)

75 (24.7)

57 (18.8)

45 (14.8)

 

Fatty liver (n%)

    

 < 0.001***

None

647 (70.9)

274 (90.1)

229 (75.3)

144 (47.4)

 

Moderate or severe

265 (29.1)

30 (9.9)

75 (24.7)

160 (52.6)

 

Menopausal state (n%)

    

0.071

Menopausal

138 (43.1)

86 (48.9)

36 (35.6)

16 (37.2)

 

Postmenopausal

182 (56.9)

90 (51.1)

65 (64.4)

27 (62.8)

 

ABI

1.2 ± 0.1

1.2 ± 0.1

1.2 ± 0.1

1.2 ± 0.1

0.001**

baPWV(cm/s)

1415.8 ± 246.3

1350.7 ± 226.1

1424.5 ± 234.6

1472.1 ± 262.0

 < 0.001***

  1. Values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation or n (%). Abbreviations: TyG index, triglyceride glucose index; BMI, body mass index; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; FPG, fasting plasma glucose; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; γGTP, gamma-glutamyl transferase; TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglyceride; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate; ABI, ankle-brachial index; baPWV, brachial to ankle pulse wave velocity. (**p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001)
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