Table 4.
Pearson’s correlation coefficient relating surrogate indexes of insulin resistance to cardiometabolic risk factors and subclinical vascular damage
| Triglyceride/HDL-C ratio | P value | LAP index | P value | VAI | P value | TyG index | P value | |
| Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg) | 0.296 | <0.0001 | 0.421 | <0.0001 | 0.268 | <0.0001 | 0.358 | <0.0001 |
| Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg) | 0.293 | <0.0001 | 0.406 | <0.0001 | 0.260 | <0.0001 | 0.338 | <0.0001 |
| Pulse pressure (mm Hg) | 0.152 | <0.0001 | 0.229 | <0.0001 | 0.145 | <0.0001 | 0.203 | <0.0001 |
| Uric acid (mg/dL) | 0.437 | <0.0001 | 0.449 | <0.0001 | 0.346 | <0.0001 | 0.383 | <0.0001 |
| hsCRP (mg/L) | 0.267 | <0.0001 | 0.443 | <0.0001 | 0.314 | <0.0001 | 0.234 | <0.0001 |
| Intima-media thickness (mm) | 0.233 | <0.0001 | 0.247 | <0.0001 | 0.212 | <0.0001 | 0.276 | <0.0001 |
HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; hsCRP, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein; LAP, lipid accumulation product; TyG, triglycerides × fasting glucose; VAI, visceral adiposity index.