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. 2024 Mar 19;24:168. doi: 10.1186/s12872-024-03747-9

Table 3.

Association between TyG index and hypertension in subgroups of age and gender

Variables Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
OR (95% CI) P OR (95% CI) P OR (95% CI) P
< 65 years old (n = 3076)
TyG index 1.60 (1.43–1.79) < 0.001 1.20 (1.07–1.36) 0.003 1.15 (1.01–1.32) 0.062
TyG index level
 ≤8.41 Ref Ref Ref
 >8.41 1.73 (1.50–1.99) < 0.001 1.24 (1.06–1.45) 0.007 1.19 (1.01–1.39) 0.040
≥ 65 years old (n = 337)
TyG index 1.30 (0.88–1.92) 0.194 1.01 (0.64–1.59) 0.965 1.06 (0.65–1.72) 0.825
TyG index level
 ≤8.41 Ref Ref Ref
 >8.41 1.46 (0.94–2.27) 0.094 1.20 (0.74–1.96) 0.464 1.20 (0.73-2.00) 0.473
Male (n = 1415)
TyG index 1.38 (1.19–1.61) < 0.001 1.13 (0.96–1.34) 0.148 1.01 (0.82–1.24) 0.924
TyG index level
 ≤8.41 Ref Ref Ref
 >8.41 1.36 (1.10–1.68) 0.004 1.04 (0.83–1.31) 0.728 0.92 (0.72–1.18) 0.514
Female (n = 1998)
TyG index 1.75 (1.50–2.03) < 0.001 1.22 (1.04–1.45) 0.018 1.20 (1.01–1.45) 0.055
TyG index level
 ≤8.41 Ref Ref Ref
 >8.41 1.96 (1.64–2.34) < 0.001 1.38 (1.13–1.67) 0.001 1.35 (1.10–1.65) 0.004

TyG index: triglycerides-glucose index, OR: odds ratio, CI: confidence interval, Ref: reference

Model 1: crude model;

Model 2: adjusted for age (not included in age subgroup), gender (not included in gender subgroup), education level, BMI, marital status;

Model 3: adjusted for age (not included in age subgroup), gender (not included in gender subgroup), education level, BMI, marital status, smoking, drinking, DM, asthma, TC, and LDL.