Table 3. Epidemiological behavior of the triglyceride-glucose index in the reference population according to sociodemographic variables, in Maracaibo city, Venezuela.

	TGI (n=351)
	n	Mean±SD	p *
Gender			5.83-10 -6
Female	190	4.41±0.29
Male	161	4.56±0.32
Age (years)			8.42×10 -28
<30	178	4.31±0.29
30–49	118	4.61±0.31
≥50	55	4.72±0.23
Ethnicity			0.413
Mixed	268	4.48±0.32
White Hispanic	52	4.48±0.34
Afro-Venezuelan	8	4.59±0.26
American Indian	20	4.39±0.23
Other ¶	3	4.25±0.26

*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=5.09×10 ^-9; <30 years vs ≥50 years, p=5.09x10 ^-9; 30–49 years vs ≥50 years, p=0.03.