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Table 3 Correlations between the TyG index and traditional cardiovascular risk factors

From: Independent effects of the triglyceride-glucose index on all-cause mortality in critically ill patients with coronary heart disease: analysis of the MIMIC-III database

Variable

Correlation coefficient

P value

Age

− 0.149

 < 0.001

Sex, male

− 0.025

0.310

BMI

0.074

0.025

FBG

0.363

 < 0.001

HbA1c

0.437

 < 0.001

TG

0.760

 < 0.001

TC

0.194

 < 0.001

LDL

0.051

0.046

HDL

− 0.281

 < 0.001

Uric acid

− 0.062

0.634

Serum creatinine

0.044

0.077

  1. BMI, body mass index, FBG fasting blood glucose, HbA1c glycosylated hemoglobin A1c, TG triglyceride, TC total cholesterol, LDL low-density lipoprotein, HDL high-density lipoprotein
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Cardiovascular Diabetology

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