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. 2025 Dec 4;15(1):144. doi: 10.1007/s44197-025-00493-9

Table 1.

Characteristics of the studied participants across quartiles of energy-adjusted dietary insulin load and TyG-BMI index

Energy-adjusted Insulin Load P-value TyG-BMI index P-value
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
N=233 N=232 N=233 N=232 N=233 N=232 N=233 N=232
Demographic and socioeconomic data
 Age (y) 58.91 (10.12) 58.27 (10.80) 58.61 (10.92) 57.72 (10.35) 0.298 58.48 (11.14) 58.95 (10.89) 58.30 (9.45) 57.78 (10.66)  0.352
 Gender (male, n (%)) 128 (54.9%) 128 (55.2%) 122 (52.4%) 135 (58.2%)  0.661 138 (59.2%) 124 (53.4%) 130 (55.8%) 121 (52.2%)  0.443
 Married (n (%)) 198 (85.0%) 214 (92.2%) 211 (90.6%) 212 (91.4%)  0.060 213 (91.4%) 210 (90.5%) 211 (90.6%) 201 (86.6%)  0.352
 Education 0.964 0.894
 Illiterate or elementary school (n (%)) 138 (59.2%) 130 (56.0%) 131 (56.2%) 133 (57.3%) 138 (59.2%) 131 (56.5%) 138 (59.2%) 125 (53.9%)
 High school (n (%)) 67 (28.8%) 75 (32.3%) 69 (29.6%) 69 (29.7%) 69 (29.6%) 70 (30.2%) 66 (28.3%) 75 (32.3%)
 Higher Education (n (%)) 28 (12.0%) 27 (11.6%) 33 (14.2%) 30 (12.9%) 26 (11.2%) 31 (13.4%) 29 (12.5%) 32 (13.8%)
 Smoking (n (%)) 44 (18.9%) 48 (20.7%) 51 (21.9%) 45 (19.4%)  0.845 59 (25.3%) 52 (22.4%) 38 (16.3%) 39 (16.8%)  0.041
 Opium (n (%)) 43 (18.5%) 33 (14.2%) 41 (17.6%) 34 (14.7%)  0.519 48 (20.6%) 37 (15.9%) 33 (14.2%) 33 (14.2%)  0.211
 Physical activity (min/day) 30.14 (27.50) 30.67 (26.58) 30.71 (27.28) 33.51 (28.98)  0.454 33.55 (28.34) 32.37 (26.87) 30.52 (27.62) 28.58 (27.40)  0.038
Past medical history
 Hypertension (n (%)) 160 (68.7%) 161 (69.4%) 174 (74.7%) 168 (72.4%)  0.445 167 (71.7%) 166 (71.6%) 164 (70.4%) 166 (71.6%)  0.993
 Dyslipidemia (n (%)) 184 (79.0%) 187 (80.6%) 195 (83.7%) 189 (81.5%) 0.619 185 (79.4%) 181 (78.0%) 189 (81.1%) 200 (86.2%)  0.114
 Diabetes/Prediabetes (n (%)) 165 (70.8%) 154 (66.4%) 159 (68.2%) 163 (70.3%) 0.721 128 (54.9%) 155 (66.8%) 167 (71.7%) 191 (82.3%) <0.001
 Family history of diabetes (n (%)) 58 (24.9%) 65 (28.0%) 71 (30.5%) 66 (28.4%)  0.603 43 (18.5%) 64 (27.6%) 76 (32.6%) 77 (33.2%) <0.001
 Family history of hypertension (n (%)) 59 (25.3%) 73 (31.5%) 70 (30.0%) 70 (30.2%)  0.484 52 (22.3%) 76 (32.8%) 78 (33.5%) 66 (28.4%)  0.028
 Family history of myocardial infarction (n (%)) 40 (17.2%) 47 (20.3%) 46 (19.7%) 50 (21.6%)  0.678 40 (17.2%) 45 (19.4%) 40 (17.2%) 58 (25.0%)  0.123
 Family history of cancer (n (%)) 23 (9.9%) 21 (9.1%) 19 (8.2%) 21 (9.1%)  0.939 17 (7.3%) 19 (8.2%) 27 (11.6%) 21 (9.1%)  0.423
 Family history of cardiovascular diseases (n (%)) 108 (46.4%) 97 (41.8%) 111 (47.6%) 111 (47.8%)  0.527 97 (41.6%) 104 (44.8%) 111 (47.6%) 115 (49.6%)  0.342
Medication use
 Anti-inflammatory drugs (n (%)) 193 (82.8%) 185 (79.7%) 181 (77.7%) 177 (76.3%) 0.322 192 (82.4%) 174 (75.0%) 190 (81.5%) 180 (77.6%)  0.167
 Anticoagulant drugs (n (%)) 17 (7.3%) 17 (7.3%) 20 (8.6%) 24 (10.3%) 0.618 14 (6.0%) 23 (9.9%) 20 (8.6%) 21 (9.1%)  0.442
 Anti-hyperlipidemic (n (%)) 130 (55.8%) 135 (58.2%) 136 (58.4%) 137 (59.1%) 0.904 130 (55.8%) 123 (53.0%) 144 (61.8%) 141 (60.8%)  0.183
 Antidiabetics (n (%)) 113 (48.5%) 116 (50.0%) 122 (52.4%) 120 (51.7%)  0.842 95 (40.8%) 108 (46.6%) 113 (48.5%) 155 (66.8%) <0.001
 Anti-hypertensive (n (%)) 119 (51.1%) 130 (56.0%) 135 (57.9%) 134 (57.8%)  0.409 116 (49.8%) 132 (56.9%) 129 (55.4%) 141 (60.8%)  0.117
Angiographic and echocardiographic data
LVEF category
 40–49 (n (%)) 94 (40.3%) 91 (39.2%) 86 (36.9%) 80 (34.5%)  0.567 84 (36.1%) 82 (35.3%) 94 (40.3%) 91 (39.2%)  0.632
 ≥50 (n (%)) 139 (59.7%) 141 (60.8%) 147 (63.1%) 152 (65.5%) 149 (63.9%) 150 (64.7%) 139 (59.7%) 141 (60.8%)
 Gensini Score 44.36 (33.02) 47.47 (37.18) 57.14 (38.91) 67.57 (40.50) <0.001 48.04 (33.33) 54.22 (37.11) 56.80 (41.89) 57.46 (40.73)  0.009
Anthropometric and biochemical data
 Body mass index (kg/m2) 28.56 (5.18) 27.25 (4.48) 27.30 (4.18) 27.37 (4.26)  0.520 22.86 (2.01) 25.99 (1.68) 28.30 (2.25) 33.35 (3.62) <0.001
 Fasting blood sugar (mg/dL) 142.13 (64.77) 138.30 (77.32) 143.34 (76.21) 140.53 (63.44)  0.688 112.03 (33.23) 127.66 (47.96) 151.22 (76.79) 173.48 (92.42) <0.001
 Cholesterol (mg/dL) 166.75 (52.99) 162.27 (49.35) 159.63 (43.77) 156.59 (42.60)  0.022 153.58 (39.21) 154.48 (43.93) 165.06 (47.39) 172.15 (55.51) <0.001
 Triglyceride (mg/dL) 186.76 (164.45) 171.48 (109.59) 174.75 (101.53) 177.93 (103.73)  0.850 124.91 (67.28) 151.67 (76.86) 190.32 (103.10) 244.22 (176.60) <0.001

All data are presented as mean ± standard deviation (SD), unless otherwise specified. *Continuous variables were analyzed using linear regression, while categorical variables were assessed using the Chi-squared test