Table 3.

The correlation between TyG index and baseline clinical risk factors

Variables	Correlation coefficient (r)	P value
Age (years)	− 0.159a	< 0.001
BMI (kg/m2)	0.131a	< 0.001
SBP (mmHg)	0.048a	0.068
DBP (mmHg)	0.060a	0.022
TC (mmol/L)	0.366b	< 0.001
TG (mmol/L)	0.864b	< 0.001
HDL-C (mmol/L)	− 0.303b	< 0.001
LDL-C (mmol/L)	0.250b	< 0.001
FBG (mmol/L)	0.577b	< 0.001
HbA1c (%)	0.434b	< 0.001
UA (umol/L)	0.128b	< 0.001
eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2)	0.023a	0.387

BMI, body mass index; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglyceride; HDL-C, high density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low density lipoprotein cholesterol; FBG, fasting blood glucose; HbA1c, glycated hemoglobin A1c; UA, uric acid; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate

^aPearson correlation analysis

^bSpearman correlation analysis