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. 2020 Sep 29;19:155. doi: 10.1186/s12933-020-01121-5

Table 4.

Clinical performance of the model to predict 10-year cardiovascular risk containing FRS and FRS + TyG-index models in the Population < 60 years (n = 6175): Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study

FRS model*
HR (95% CI)
P-value FRS + TyG-index
HR (95% CI)
P-value
Model components
 FRS 1.07 (1.06–1.07) < 0.001 1.06 (1.05–1.06) < 0.001
 TyG-index 1.42 (1.26–1.60) < 0.001
Model predictive performance indexes
 C-index 0.789 (0.773-0.805) <0.001 0.771 (0.752–0.789) < 0.001
 IDI 0.001 (−0.004 to 0.007) 0.673

FRS Framingham risk score, TyG-index Triglyceride-Glucose index, HR hazard ratio, CI confidence interval, C-index Harrell’s concordance statistic, IDI integrated discrimination improvement

*FRS model: Framingham risk score model including age, gender, total cholesterol, high density lipoprotein cholesterol, systolic blood pressure, anti-hypertensive drugs, smoking, and type 2 diabetes