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. 2021 Jan 11;11:450. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-80305-1

Table 3.

Age-adjusted Spearman partial correlation analysis of the TyG index with clinical, metabolic, and body composition parameters.

Men Women
r P r P
ALM/weight − 0.302  < 0.001 − 0.230  < 0.001
Waist circumference (cm) 0.349  < 0.001 0.287  < 0.001
Body mass index (kg/m2) 0.310  < 0.001 0.272  < 0.001
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) 0.172  < 0.001 0.165  < 0.001
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) 0.190  < 0.001 0.174  < 0.001
Fasting plasma glucose (mmol/L) 0.375  < 0.001 0.323  < 0.001
Total cholesterol (mmol/L) 0.251  < 0.001 0.273  < 0.001
Triglyceride (mmol/L) 0.935  < 0.001 0.931  < 0.001
HDL-C (mmol/L) − 0.386  < 0.001 − 0.412  < 0.001
LDL-C (mmol/L) − 0.038 0.017 0.066  < 0.001
Vitamin D (nmol/L) − 0.040 0.011 − 0.017 0.212
Creatinine (μmol/L) 0.091  < 0.001 0.031 0.023
Aspartate aminotransferase (IU/L) 0.094  < 0.001 0.080  < 0.001
Alanine aminotransferase (IU/L) 0.165  < 0.001 0.177  < 0.001

ALM appendicular lean mass; HDL-C high density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C low density lipoprotein cholesterol.