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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients with T2DM by age

From: The association between TyG and all-cause/non-cardiovascular mortality in general patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus is modified by age: results from the cohort study of NHANES 1999–2018

Variables

Total

(N = 3,376)

< 65 yrs

(N = 1,971)

≥ 65 yrs

(N = 1,405)

P value

Age (yrs)

62 (51, 70)

53 (45, 60)

72 (68, 78)

< 0.001

Male

1,750 (51.84%)

1,015 (51.50%)

735 (52.31%)

0.665

BMI (kg/m2)

30.7 (26.7, 35.8)

31.9 (27.5, 37.6)

29.3 (25.9, 33.1)

< 0.001

Ethnicity

   

< 0.001

 Mexican American

692 (20.5%)

443 (22.5%)

249 (17.7%)

 

 Non-Hispanic Black

816 (24.2%)

523 (26.5%)

293 (20.9%

 

 Non-Hispanic White

1,166 (34.5%)

560 (28.4%)

606 (43.1%)

 

 Other Hispanic

358 (10.6%)

230 (11.7%)

128 (9.1%)

 

 Other Race

344 (10.2%)

215 (10.9%)

129 (9.2%)

 

Educational level

   

< 0.001

 Less than high school

1229 (36.40%)

628 (31.86%)

601 (42.78%)

 

 High school or equivalent

787 (23.31%)

466 (23.64%)

321 (22.85%)

 

 College or above

1360 (40.28%)

877 (44.50%)

483 (34.38%)

 

Current smoking

587 (17.39%)

459 (23.29%)

128 (9.11%)

< 0.001

Comorbidities

    

Congestive heart failure

263 (7.79%)

88 (4.46%)

175 (12.46%)

< 0.001

Coronary artery disease

479 (14.19%)

184 (9.34%)

295 (21.00%)

< 0.001

Hypertension

2678 (79.32%)

1393 (70.67%)

1285 (91.46%)

< 0.001

Stroke

239 (7.08%)

85 (4.31%)

154 (10.96%)

< 0.001

CKD

541 (16.0%)

105 (5.3%)

436 (31.0%)

< 0.001

IR indices

    

TyG

9.10 (8.67, 9.55)

9.15 (8.72, 9.65)

9.02 (8.58, 9.45)

< 0.001

TyG group

   

< 0.001

 < 8.82

1,124 (33.29%)

599 (30.39%)

525 (37.37%)

 

 8.82–9.37

1,124 (33.29%)

639 (32.42%)

485 (34.52%)

 

 > 9.37

1,128 (33.41%)

733 (37.19%)

395 (28.11%)

 

HOMA-IR

4.84 (2.73, 8.42)

5.50 (3.11, 9.42)

4.15 (2.33, 6.92)

< 0.001

QUICKI

0.30 (0.28, 0.33)

0.30 (0.28, 0.32)

0.31 (0.29, 0.34)

< 0.001

HOMA-β

70.09

(37.85, 123.04)

75.14

(37.66, 134.35)

65.06

(38.56, 109.67)

0.002

Laboratory measurements

    

HbA1c (%)

6.6 (6.0, 7.7)

6.7 (6.0, 8.1)

6.5 (6.0, 7.3)

< 0.001

Glucose (mg/dL)

133 (115, 167)

136 (116, 178)

131 (114, 157)

< 0.001

Triglyceride (mg/dL)

127 (90, 184)

131 (93, 193)

123 (86, 175)

< 0.001

Insulin (uU/mL)

13.7 (8.3, 22.9)

15.2 (8.9, 25.2)

12.1 (7.6, 19.8)

< 0.001

Albumin (g/dL)

4.1 (3.9, 4.4)

4.1 (3.9, 4.4)

4.1 (3.9, 4.4)

0.909

Serum creatinine (umol/L)

76 (62, 92)

71 (59, 84)

84 (71, 106)

< 0.001

eGFR (mL/1.73m2*min)

89 (69, 103)

99 (85, 110)

72 (56, 87)

< 0.001

UACR (mg/g)

12.4 (6.6, 41.9)

11.0 (5.9, 31.1)

16.2 (7.6, 57.6)

< 0.001

UACR category

   

< 0.001

 <10 mg/g

1397 (41.38%)

904 (45.87%)

493 (35.09%)

 

 10 ~ < 30 mg/g

973 (28.82%)

563 (28.56%)

410 (29.18%)

 

 30 ~ < 300 mg/g

766 (22.69%)

370 (18.77%)

396 (28.19%)

 

 ≥ 300 mg/g

240 (7.11%)

134 (6.80%)

106 (7.54%)

 

Uric acid (umol/L)

339.0

(279.6, 398.5)

333.1

(273.6, 392.6)

350.9

(297.4, 410.4)

< 0.001

Total cholesterol (mmol/L)

4.8 (4.1, 5.5)

4.9 (4.2, 5.6)

4.6 (3.9, 5.4)

< 0.001

HDL-C (mmol/L)

1.2 (1.0, 1.5)

1.2 (1.0, 1.5)

1.3 (1.1, 1.6)

< 0.001

LDL-C (mmol/L)

2.7 (2.1, 3.4)

2.9 (2.3, 3.5)

2.5 (1.9, 3.2)

< 0.001

Medications

    

Glucose lowering drug

1,902 (56.34%)

1,073 (54.44%)

829 (59.00%)

0.009

Insulin drug

257 (7.61%)

143 (7.26%)

114 (8.11%)

0.389

Metformin

924 (27.37%)

567 (28.77%)

357 (25.41%)

0.034

Anti-hypertension drug

2,144 (63.51%)

1,025 (52.00%)

1,119 (79.64%)

< 0.001

Statins

1,385 (41.02%)

654 (33.18%)

731 (52.03%)

< 0.001

Aspirin

122 (3.61%)

48 (2.44%)

74 (5.27%)

< 0.001

Fibrates

46 (1.36%)

28 (1.42%)

18 (1.28%)

0.846

  1. Values are number (percentage), or median (25th-75th percentile)
  2. BMI, body mass index; CKD, chronic kidney disease; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; HbA1c, glucated hemoglobin; HDL-C, high-density-lipoprotein cholesterol; HOMA, homeostasis model assessment; IR, insulin resistance; LDL-C, low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol; QUICKI, quantitative insulin sensitivity check index; UACR, urine albumin-creatinine ratio