Table 2. Epidemiological behavior of the triglyceride-glucose index in the general population according to sociodemographic variables, in Maracaibo city, Venezuela.

	n	TGI (n=2004)
		Mean±SD	p *
Gender			8.93×10 −10
Female	1050	4.56±0.33
Male	954	4.66±0.34
Age (years)			6.21×10 −77
<30	671	4.43±0.28
30–49	770	4.65±0.33
≥50	563	4.77±0.31
Ethnicity			0.326
Mixed	1534	4.60±0.33
White Hispanic	316	4.62±0.35
Afro-Venezuelan	59	4.68±0.32
American Indian	83	4.60±0.31
Other ¶	12	4.51±0.28

* Student’s t- test (for more than two groups one-way ANOVA was used).

¶ Asian and Arabic descent.

SD: standard deviation

Post-hoc Tukey: <30 years vs 30–49 years, p=5.09x10 ⁻⁹; <30 years vs ≥50 years, p=5.09x10 ⁻⁹; 30–49 years vs ≥50 years, p=5.10x10 ⁻⁹.