Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of subjects grouped according to the tertiles of TyG.
| Variable | Total | TyG | p value∗ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 (<8.24) | T2 (8.24–8.75) | T3 (<8.75) | |||
| No., n | 42,387 | 14129 | 14127 | 14131 | — |
| Women (%) | 43.7 | 63.7 | 42.5 | 24.8 | <0.001 |
| Age, y | 43.1 ± 12.3 | 38.4 ± 11.2 | 43.4 ± 12.3 | 47.4 ± 11.7 | <0.001 |
| SBP (mmHg) | 121.2 ± 16.7 | 115.4 ± 14.9 | 121.0 ± 16.2 | 127.2 ± 16.8 | <0.001 |
| DBP (mmHg) | 73.6 ± 11.3 | 69.4 ± 10.1 | 73.4 ± 10.9 | 77.9 ± 11.2 | <0.001 |
| HR (bmp) | 79.9 ± 12.2 | 80.2 ± 12.4 | 79.6 ± 12.2 | 79.9 ± 12.0 | <0.001 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 23.2 ± 3.1 | 21.6 ± 2.6 | 23.1 ± 2.9 | 24.8 ± 2.9 | <0.001 |
| WC (cm) | 78.4 ± 9.7 | 72.7 ± 7.9 | 78.2 ± 8.9 | 84.3 ± 8.7 | <0.001 |
| WHR | 0.84 ± 0.07 | 0.80 ± 0.06 | 0.84 ± 0.06 | 0.88 ± 0.06 | <0.001 |
| WHtR | 0.47 ± 0.05 | 0.44 ± 0.04 | 0.47 ± 0.05 | 0.50 ± 0.05 | <0.001 |
| Urate (μmol/L) | 318.9 ± 61.6 | 292.6 ± 60.0 | 318.9 ± 59.3 | 345.3 ± 53.5 | <0.001 |
| FPG (mmol/L) | 5.56 ± 1.13 | 5.15 ± 0.46 | 5.42 ± 0.59 | 6.11 ± 1.66 | <0.001 |
| TC (mmol/L) | 4.76 ± 0.88 | 4.42 ± 0.77 | 4.75 ± 0.81 | 5.12 ± 0.93 | <0.001 |
| TG (mmol/L) | 1.42 ± 1.18 | 0.70 ± 0.15 | 1.15 ± 0.19 | 2.41 ± 1.59 | <0.001 |
| HDLc (mmol/L) | 1.56 ± 0.36 | 1.74 ± 0.34 | 1.58 ± 0.33 | 1.40 ± 0.32 | <0.001 |
| LDLc (mmol/L) | 2.50 ± 0.77 | 2.29 ± 0.62 | 2.56 ± 0.68 | 2.61 ± 0.91 | <0.001 |
| eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2) | 79.4 ± 20.3 | 83.1 ± 18.9 | 80.6 ± 21.1 | 78.2 ± 19.8 | <0.001 |
| TyG | 8.55 ± 0.62 | 7.93 ± 0.24 | 8.49 ± 0.14 | 9.24 ± 0.46 | <0.001 |
| TyG-BMI | 198.9 ± 35.9 | 171.2 ± 22.0 | 196.0 ± 25.6 | 229.6 ± 31.6 | <0.001 |
| TyG-WC | 673.4 ± 116.5 | 577.1 ± 68.7 | 664.2 ± 78.1 | 779.0 ± 97.0 | <0.001 |
| TyG-WHtR | 4.06 ± 0.65 | 3.51 ± 0.38 | 4.00 ± 0.43 | 4.65 ± 0.55 | <0.001 |
T, tertile; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; HR, heart rate; BMI, body mass index; WC, waist circumference; WHR, waist-to-hip ratio; WHtR, waist height ratio; FPG, fasting plasma glucose; TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglyceride; HDLc, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDLc, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; TG, triglyceride; the asterisk means pvalue for the difference of variables between T1 and T3.