Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants in different TyG index trajectories

n

7241

6448

1367

Age, years^a

34.00 (28.00–43.00)

42.00 (32.00–50.00)

45.00 (36.00–52.00)

 < 0.01

Male (%)^b

2,258 (31.18)

3,976 (61.67)

1,118 (81.78)

0.00

TyG index^a

8.09 (7.85–8.32)

8.70 (8.47–8.96)

9.48 (9.21–9.80)

0.00

SBP (mmHg)^a

116.00 (108.00–125.00)

122.00 (114.00–130.00)

125.00 (117.00–131.00)

 < 0.01

DBP (mmHg)^a

70.00 (64.00–76.00)

74.00 (68.00–80.00)

77.00 (70.00–82.00)

 < 0.01

Height (cm)^a

166.00 (161.00–172.00)

170.00 (164.00–176.00)

172.00 (167.00–177.00)

 < 0.01

Weight (kg)^a

60.00 (54.00–68.00)

71.00 (63.00–80.00)

78.00 (70.00–85.00)

0.00

BMI (kg/cm²)^a

21.88 (20.09–23.89)

24.57 (22.58–26.70)

26.13 (24.22–28.09)

0.00

WBC (10^9/L)^a

5.66 (4.86–6.60)

6.26 (5.38–7.32)

6.75 (5.83–7.95)

 < 0.01

RBC (10^12/L)^a

4.58 (4.34–4.91)

4.89 (4.57–5.20)

5.06 (4.80–5.31)

0.00

Hb (g/L)^a

136.00 (128.00–147.00)

149.00 (137.00–158.00)

155.00 (146.00–162.00)

0.00

NE (10^9)^a

3.17 (2.57–3.89)

3.51 (2.89–4.28)

3.78 (3.11–4.60)

 < 0.01

PLT (10^9)^a

225.00 (195.00–259.00)

225.00 (193.10–259.00)

220.00 (190.00–255.00)

0.01

Alb (g/L)^a

46.20 (44.56–47.90)

46.50 (44.80–48.20)

47.00 (45.30–48.70)

 < 0.01

UREA (mmol/L)^a

4.47 (3.73–5.29)

4.79 (4.04–5.59)

4.94 (4.25–5.70)

 < 0.01

Cr (µmol/L)^a

59.00 (52.00–71.00)

69.00 (58.00–78.88)

71.59 (63.00–79.84)

 < 0.01

UA (µmol/L)^a

278.22 (236.00–336.00)

346.22 (287.00–410.00)

392.00 (334.00–453.99)

0.00

FPG (mmol/L)^a

5.20 (4.97–5.47)

5.48 (5.20–5.79)

5.84 (5.44–6.67)

0.00

TC (mmol/L)^a

4.44 (3.96–4.95)

4.90 (4.37–5.48)

5.19 (4.64–5.78)

0.00

TG (mmol/L)^a

0.78 (0.63–0.97)

1.37 (1.08–1.75)

2.69 (2.05–3.54)

0.00

HDL (mmol/L)^a

1.44 (1.25–1.65)

1.18 (1.03–1.37)

1.00 (0.89–1.14)

0.00

LDL (mmol/L)^a

2.43 (2.04–2.86)

2.91 (2.48–3.41)

2.81 (2.29–3.33)

0.00

eGFR (ml/min)^a

114.99 (103.75–127.69)

108.83 (97.55–120.24)

108.06 (97.47–120.24)

 < 0.01

diabetes, n (%)^b

14 (0.19)

95 (1.47)

143 (10.46)

 < 0.01

smoking (%)^b

127 (1.75)

338 (5.24)

132 (9.65)

 < 0.01

Drinking (%)^b

13 (0.18)

40 (0.62)

10 (0.73)

 < 0.01

family history of hypertension (%)^b

335 (4.63)

313 (4.85)

50 (3.66)

0.16

family history of diabetes (%)^b

166 (2.29)

190 (2.95)

50 (3.66)

0.00