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Table 4 Multivariable logistic regression for risk of macro and microvascular vascular damage according to the quartiles of the TyG index

From: Association between macro- and microvascular damage and the triglyceride glucose index in community-dwelling elderly individuals: the Northern Shanghai Study

 

cf-PWV > 10 m/s

ba-PWV > 1800 cm/s

Carotid hypertrophy

Carotid plaque

ABI < 0.9

MAU

CKD

Q1 (7.04 ≤ TyG index < 8.36)

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Q2 (8.36 ≤ TyG index < 8.69)

1.51 (1.15–1.97)

1.30 (1.03–1.65)

0.89 (0.65–1.46)

1.10 (0.87–1.40)

1.05 (0.74–1.49)

0.98 (0.78–1.24)

1.19 (0.83–1.72)

Q3 (8.69 ≤ TyG index < 9.08)

1.66 (1.25–2.20)

1.48 (1.15–1.91)

0.94 (0.57–1.57)

1.22 (0.94–1.57)

1.01 (0.71–1.45)

1.13 (0.88–1.44)

1.24 (0.85–1.81)

Q4 (9.08 ≤ TyG index ≤ 11.63)

1.86 (1.37–2.53)

1.39 (1.05–1.84)

0.91 (0.52–1.60)

0.93 (0.71–1.23)

1.11 (0.75–1.63)

1.61 (1.22–2.13)

1.67 (1.10–2.50)

P for tread

< 0.001

0.02

0.83

0.81

0.66

< 0.001

0.02

  1. Adjusted for age, sex, BMI, WC, smoking habit, hypertension, family history of premature CVD, diabetes, HDL-C, LDL-C, insulin and statin therapy
  2. TyG triglyceride glucose, cf-PWV carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity, ba-PWV brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity, ABI ankle–brachial index, MAU microalbuminuria, CKD chronic kidney disease, BMI body mass index, WC waist circumference, CVD cardiovascular disease, HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol