Table 3 Baseline characteristics of participants in 2005 according to TyG index trajectory (n = 180)

N

63

46

71

Age, years^a

28.8 (27, 32.6)

29.4 (27.4, 32.5)

28.2 (26.5, 30.6)

0.067

Male, n (%)^b

28 (44.4%)

24 (51.1%)

56 (80.0%)

< 0.001

BMI, kg/m^2a

21.6 (19.9, 24.4)

21.9 (20.1, 23.5)

23.9 (21.6, 25.9)

< 0.001

Waist hip ratio^a

0.8 (0.8, 0.9)

0.8 (0.8, 0.9)

0.9 (0.8, 0.9)

< 0.001

Heart rate, bpm^a

70 (66, 76)

74 (68, 79)

76 (68, 80)

0.014

SBP, mmHg^c

119.1 ± 13.6

121.2 ± 13.7

126.3 ± 14.7

0.004

DBP, mmHg^c

76.5 ± 10.5

76.1 ± 10.3

82.4 ± 9.8

0.001

FBG, mmol/L^a

4.6 (4.3,  5.0)

4.6 (4.3,  5.2)

4.9 (4.4, 5.5)

0.007

TC, mmol/L^c

4.2 ± 0.7

4.3 ± 0.6

4.6 ± 0.7

< 0.001

TG, mmol/L^a

0.9 (0.7, 1.1)

1.3 (1.1, 1.4)

1.8 (1.3, 2.2)

< 0.001

LDL-C, mmol/L^a

2.5 (2.2, 2.8)

2.6 (2.3, 2.8)

2.6 (2.5, 3.1)

0.005

HDL-C, mmol/L^a

1.1 (0.9, 1.2)

1.1 (1, 1.2)

1.1 (1, 1.3)

0.065

TyG index^c

8.2 ± 0.4

8.5 ± 0.2

8.8 ± 0.5

< 0.001

hs-CRP, μmol/L^a

0.3 (0.2, 0.6)

0.3 (0.2, 0.7)

0.4 (0.2, 1.7)

0.121

Hypertension, n (%)^b

9 (14.3%)

7 (14.9%)

15 (21.4%)

0.270

Dyslipidemia, n (%)^b

30 (47.6%)

17 (37.0%)

32 (45.1%)

0.793