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Table 2 The clinical characteristics of study participants in the different TyG index tertiles

From: Correlation between TyG index and coronary atherosclerosis assessed by CCTA in elderly male patients: a cross-sectional study

 

Overall

(n = 427)

TyG index tertiles < 7.72

(n = 213)

TyG index tertiles ≥ 7.72

(n = 214)

P Value

Age (year)

79.66 ± 9.26

79.66 ± 9.26

77.82 ± 10.30

0.13

Smoking (%)158

158(37.00%)

79(37.09%)

79(36.91%)

0.35

Hypertension (%)299

299(70.02%)

151(70.89%)

148(69.15%)

0.40

Dyslipidemia (%)

264(61.83)

129(60.56)

135(63.08)

0.66

Diabetes (%)137

137(32.08%)

60(28.16%)

77(35.98%)

0.02

BMI

25.45 ± 3.38

24.36 ± 2.96

26.12 ± 344

< 0.001

Fasting blood glucose, mg/dl

110.72 ± 39.22

96.30 + 20.70

116.28 ± 29.83

< 0.001

HbA1c

6.36 ± 0.88

6.32 ± 0.85

6.48 + 1.12

0.28

TC, mg/dl

160.869 ± 38.47

163.08 ± 40

172.31 ± 36.15

0.05

TG, mg/dl

128.46 (82.82, 171.88)

120.49 (83.28,166.56)

310.1 (83.28, 177.2)

< 0.01

LDL-C, mg/dl

93.36 ± 28.27

89.78 ± 29.16

92.85 ± 27.24

0.38

HDL-C, mg/dl

49.92 ± 14.67

52.56 ± 13.81

45.27 ± 11.12

< 0.01

eGFR-EPI, mL/min/1.73 m2

90.23(79.30, 98.42)

90.10(79.41, 98.24)

90.37(79.22, 98.59)

0.72

Uric acid, umol/L

335.24 ± 76.37

350.55 ± 77.43

327.96 ± 75.19

0.01

Leiden score

10.69 ± 0.75

9.82 ± 0.62

11.58 ± 0.85

0.07

Statins use (%)262

262(61.35%)

246(61.50)

16(59.25)

0.13

Ezetimibe use (%)18

18(42.15%)

10(4.69)

8(3.73)

0.39

  1. Notes: TyG: Triglyceride- Glucose Index; BMI: body mass index; TC: Total cholesterol; TG: triglyceride; LDL-C: Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HbA1c: glycated hemoglobin; Cr: creatinine. P values < 0.05 show statistically significant differences