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. 2019 Nov 13;7(1):e000911. doi: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2019-000911

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.