Triglyceride glucose index is an independent predictor for the progression of coronary artery calcification in the absence of heavy coronary artery calcification at baseline

Table 2 Association of clinical variables with annualized Δ√transformed CACS

Variables	β	SE	P
Age, pre-1 year increase	0.032	0.002	< 0.001
Male	0.281	0.055	< 0.001
Hypertension	0.255	0.037	< 0.001
Diabetes	0.334	0.050	< 0.001
Hyperlipidemia	0.168	0.037	< 0.001
Obesity	0.113	0.035	0.001
Current smoking	0.146	0.037	< 0.001
Creatinine, per-1 mg/dL increase	0.357	0.111	0.001
TyG index, per-1 increase	0.066	0.031	0.036
Baseline CACS > 100	0.230	0.057	< 0.001

BMI body mass index, CACS coronary artery calcium score, TyG triglyceride glucose

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