Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the subjects according to TyG quartiles
| Variables | TyG quartile | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quartile 1 (n = 1149) | Quartile 2 (n = 1183) | Quartile 3 (n = 1184) | Quartile 4 (n = 1170) | p | |
| TyG | 7.81 (7.65–7.97) | 8.21 (8.09–8.33) | 8.55 (8.42–8.68) | 9.04 (8.88–9.30) | < 0.001 |
| Gender (male/%) | 783/68.1 | 801/67.7 | 799/67.5 | 794/67.9 | 0.99 |
| Age (years) | 37.0 (32.0–44.0) | 39.0 (34.0–48.0) | 41.0 (35.0–51.0) | 45.0 (37.0–54.0) | < 0.001 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 21.0 (19.6–22.9) | 21.9 (20.2–24.0) | 23.0 (21.2–24.7) | 23.9 (22.2–25.7) | < 0.001 |
| SBP (mmHg) | 113.0 (106.0–122.0) | 115.0 (107.0–124.0) | 119.0 (111.0–127.0) | 122.0 (114.0–128.0) | < 0.001 |
| DBP (mmHg) | 72.0 (67.0–78.0) | 74.0 (68.0–79.0) | 76.0 (70.0–81.0) | 78.0 (73.0–83.0) | < 0.001 |
| WC (cm) | 73.0 (68.0–79.0) | 76.0 (70.0–82.0) | 79.0 (72.0–85.0) | 82.0 (76.0–88.0) | < 0.001 |
| BUN (μmol/L) | 4.97 (4.24–5.75) | 4.93 (4.25–5.76) | 5.02 (4.18–5.82) | 4.97 (4.16–5.82) | 0.894 |
| Cr (μmol/L) | 72.0 (61.0–81.0) | 73.0 (62.0–81.0) | 73.0 (61.0–82.0) | 72.0 (61.0–81.0) | 0.849 |
| FPG (mmol/L) | 4.25 (3.99–4.51) | 4.39 (4.12–4.67) | 4.48 (4.20–4.81) | 4.67 (4.34–5.09) | < 0.001 |
| UA (μmol/L) | 305.0 (251.0–352.0) | 311.0 (253.0–367.0) | 333.0 (269.0–392.0) | 351.0 (286.0–402.0) | < 0.001 |
| AST (U/L) | 18.0 (16.0–22.0) | 19.0 (16.0–23.0) | 20.0 (17.0–24.0) | 21.0 (18.0–26.0) | < 0.001 |
| ALT (U/L) | 18.0 (14.0–25.0) | 20.0 (15.0–30.0) | 24.0 (17.0–36.0) | 28.0 (20.0–42.0) | < 0.001 |
| γ-GGT (U/L) | 14.0 (11.0–20.0) | 16.0 (12.0–23.0) | 19.0 (13.0–31.0) | 25.0 (16.0–41.0) | < 0.001 |
| TC (mmol/L) | 4.28 (3.78–4.80) | 4.58 (4.07–5.11) | 4.78 (4.21–5.35) | 5.12 (4.54–5.78) | < 0.001 |
| TG (mmol/L) | 0.73 (0.61–0.85) | 1.05 (0.90–1.20) | 1.44 (1.21–1.67) | 2.28 (1.87–2.92) | < 0.001 |
| HDL-C (mmol/L) | 1.36 (1.11–1.67) | 1.29 (1.08–1.59) | 1.22 (1.05–1.50) | 1.22 (1.071.45) | < 0.001 |
| LDL-C (mmol/L) | 2.27 (1.90–2.68) | 2.56 (2.10–3.05) | 2.73 (2.26–3.26) | 2.89 (2.39–3.46) | < 0.001 |
| Apo-A1(g/L) | 1.33 (1.17–1.49) | 1.31 (1.14–1.49) | 1.28 (1.11–1.49) | 1.27 (1.10–1.47) | 0.228 |
| Apo-B(g/L) | 0.77 (0.64–0.90) | 0.86 (0.73–1.00) | 0.95 (0.81–1.10) | 1.06 (0.89–1.23) | < 0.001 |
| eGFR (mL/(min·1.73 m2)) | 112.2 (99.8–127.1) | 109.9 (99.1–123.4) | 109.0 (97.1–123.7) | 108.9 (96.3–123.5) | < 0.001 |