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. 2025 Aug 29;12:1646627. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2025.1646627

Table 2.

Association of TyG-related indices with myocardial infarction.

Categories Model 1 Model 2
HR (95% CI) p-value HR (95% CI) P-value
TyG
Continuous variable per unit 1.51(1.47–1.56) <0.001 1.33(1.27–1.38) <0.001
Quartile
Q1 Reference Reference
Q2 1.18(1.11–1.25) <0.001 1.14(1.06–1.22) <0.001
Q3 1.39(1.32–1.47) <0.001 1.27(1.19–1.36) <0.001
Q4 1.8(1.71–1.9) <0.001 1.5(1.4–1.6) <0.001
TyG-BMI
Continuous variable per unit 1(1–1) <0.001 1(1–1) <0.001
Quartile
Q1 Reference Reference
Q2 1.29(1.22–1.37) <0.001 1.28(1.19–1.37) <0.001
Q3 1.49(1.41–1.58) <0.001 1.4(1.31–1.51) <0.001
Q4 1.99(1.88–2.1) <0.001 1.68(1.56–1.8) <0.001
TyG-WC
Continuous variable per unit 1(1–1) <0.001 1(1–1) <0.001
Quartile
Q1 Reference Reference
Q2 1.4(1.31–1.5) <0.001 1.37(1.26–1.49) <0.001
Q3 1.72(1.61–1.84) <0.001 1.6(1.48–1.74) <0.001
Q4 2.2(2.06–2.35) <0.001 1.82(1.67–1.98) <0.001
TyG-WHTR
Continuous variable per unit 1.42(1.39–1.45) <0.001 1.29(1.25–1.33) <0.001
Quartile
Q1 Reference Reference
Q2 1.44(1.35–1.54) <0.001 1.4(1.29–1.51) <0.001
Q3 1.78(1.67–1.89) <0.001 1.64(1.52–1.77) <0.001
Q4 2.31(2.18–2.46) <0.001 1.9(1.76–2.06) <0.001

Model 1 adjusted for age, sex, ethnicity, Townsend Deprivation Index. Model 2 further adjusted for smoking status, alcohol consumption, history of hypertension and high_cholesterol, SBP, DBP, history of stroke, and diabetes status. TyG, triglyceride-glucose index; BMI, body mass index; WC, waist circumference; WHTR, Waist-to-Height Ratio. HR, hazard ratios; CI, confidence intervals.