Table 3.

Association between TyG and non-cardiovascular mortality

	Hazard ratio (95% confidence interval)
	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3	Model 4
TyG (continuous)	P for interaction < 0.001	P for interaction < 0.001	P for interaction < 0.001	P for interaction < 0.001
Total	0.98 (0.86–1.11)	1.09 (0.95–1.25)	1.09 (0.95–1.25)	1.05 (0.90–1.22)
< 65 yrs	1.55 (1.25–1.94)* P < 0.001	1.59 (1.27-2.00)* P < 0.001	1.60 (1.28-2.00)* P < 0.001	1.54 (1.18–2.01)* P < 0.002
≥ 65 yrs	0.85 (0.72–1.01)	0.90 (0.76–1.06)	0.91 (0.77–1.08)	0.92 (0.76–1.12)
TyG (categorical)	P for interaction = 0.002	P for interaction = 0.002	P for interaction < 0.001	P for interaction = 0.001
TyG tertile 1	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference
Total
TyG tertile 2	0.79 (0.64–0.98)* P = 0.032	0.81 (0.65–0.99)* P = 0.045	0.87 (0.70–1.07)	0.84 (0.68–1.05)
TyG tertile 3	0.92 (0.75–1.12)	1.06 (0.87–1.30)	1.07 (0.87–1.32)	1.01 (0.81–1.27)
< 65 yrs
TyG tertile 2	0.94 (0.61–1.43)	0.89 (0.58–1.36)	0.98 (0.63–1.51)	0.93 (0.60–1.45)
TyG tertile 3	1.55 (1.07–2.24)* P = 0.020	1.54 (1.07–2.24)* P = 0.021	1.64 (1.12–2.41)* P = 0.011	1.44 (1.01–2.18)* P = 0.048
≥ 65 yrs
TyG tertile 2	0.72 (0.56–0.92)* P = 0.008	0.82 (0.64–1.04)	0.87 (0.68–1.12)	0.87 (0.67–1.12)
TyG tertile 3	0.82 (0.64–1.05)	0.90 (0.70–1.15)	0.92 (0.71–1.18)	0.94 (0.71–1.34)

Model 1 was unadjusted

Model 2 was adjusted for age and gender

Model 3 was adjusted for age, gender, ethnicity, educational level, BMI, CHF, albumin, eGFR, UACR, insulin treatment, and metformin

Model 4 was adjusted for age, gender, ethnicity, educational level, current smoking, BMI, CHF, CAD, hypertension, albumin, LDL-C, eGFR, HbA1c, UACR, UA, Insulin treatment, metformin, and statins

*indicated that the p value was less than 0.05