Table 2.

Risk of CHD^a according to quartiles of TyG-index^b, overall and stratified by gender

	First	Second	Third	Fourth	P for trend
All participants
Crude	1	1.94 (1.17–3.23)	2.20 (1.35–3.59)	4.04 (2.57–6.36)	< 0.001
Model I	1	1.51 (0.91–2.51)	1.68 (1.03–2.74)	2.63 (1.67–4.15)	< 0.001
Model II	1	1.79 (0.99–3.23)	1.71 (0.95–3.10)	2.92 (1.70–5.04)	< 0.001
Model III	1	1.76 (0.95–3.25)	1.65 (0.89–3.09)	2.45 (1.29–4.66)	0.007
Model IV	1	1.86 (0.96–3.61)	1.72 (0.87–3.41)	2.32 (1.16–4.68)	0.04
Non-Diabetic
Crude	1	1.95 (1.16–3.28)	1.99 (1.18–3.34)	3.18 (1.90–5.34)	< 0.001
Model I	1	1.58 (0.94–2.66)	1.60 (0.95–2.69)	2.39 (1.42–4.02)	0.001
Model II	1	1.86 (1.00–3.43)	1.61 (0.85–3.06)	2.67 (1.44–4.93)	0.003
Model III	1	1.89 (0.99–3.6)	1.48 (0.73–2.97)	2.19 (0.98–4.91)	0.18
Model IV	1	1.89 (0.94–3.81)	1.54 (0.72–3.29)	2.07 (0.84–5.12)	0.14
Diabetic
Crude	1	1.26 (0.64–2.46)	1.06 (0.53–2.13)	1.29 (0.67–2.48)	0.27
Model I	1	1.28 (0.65–2.51)	1.15 (0.57–2.31)	1.45 (0.75–2.82)	0.12
Model II	1	1.33 (0.62–2.86)	1.2 (0.54–2.69)	1.71 (0.78–3.75)	0.07
Model III	1	0.82 (0.34–1.99)	0.78 (0.30–2.03)	0.74 (0.26–2.14)	0.6
Model IV	1	0.63 (0.24–1.66)	0.56 (0.19–1.67)	0.45 (0.13–1.53)	0.1
Men
Crude	1	1.70 (0.93–3.10)	1.64 (0.89–3.01)	3.06 (1.75–5.33)	< 0.001
Model I	1	1.59 (0.87–2.92)	1.56 (0.85–2.86)	2.45 (1.40–4.28)	0.001
Model II	1	1.96 (0.99–3.88)	1.69 (0.83–3.45)	2.84 (1.49–5.41)	0.001
Model III	1	2.02 (0.99–4.12)	1.45 (0.68–3.09)	1.88 (0.90–3.91)	0.02
Model IV	1	2.35 (1.06–5.20)	1.31 (0.57–3.04)	1.30 (0.56–3.01)	0.11
Women
Crude	1	2.13 (0.84–5.41)	3.42 (1.47–7.93)	6.23 (2.81–13.8)	< 0.001
Model I	1	1.37 (0.53–3.51)	1.91 (0.81–4.49)	3.02 (1.34–6.82)	< 0.001
Model II	1	1.38 (0.41–4.68)	1.66 (0.54–5.10)	3.05 (1.04–8.93)	0.001
Model III	1	1.28 (0.35–4.60)	2.01 (0.61–6.56)	4.44 (1.26–15.7)	0.001
Model IV	1	1.20 (0.32–4.54)	2.14 (0.64–7.20)	4.65 (1.34–16.1)	0.004

Results are expressed as hazard ratio and (95% CI^c). Model I: adjusted for age and sex; Model II: Adjusted for age, sex, smoking, physical activity, education, and family history; Model III: model II plus SUA^d, HDL^e, total cholesterol, BMI^f, Waist to hip ratio, SBP^g, DBP^h, LDLⁱ; Model IV: model III plus using fried food, adding salt, removing poultry skin, using high fat dairy products, dining out, meat consumption and removing its fat

^aCoronary heart disease

^bTriglyceride-glucose index

^cConfidence interval

^dSerum uric acid

^eHigh-density lipoprotein

^fBody mass index

^gSystolic blood pressure

^hDiastolic blood pressure

ⁱLow density lipoprotein