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Table 2 Clinical characteristics of symptomatic CAD patients based on coronary angiography

From: The triglyceride-glucose index is associated with atherosclerosis in patients with symptomatic coronary artery disease, regardless of diabetes mellitus and hyperlipidaemia

 

Coronary normal (n = 261)

Coronary lesion (n = 1255)

P

Male (n%)

74 (28.4)

658 (52.4)

0.000

Age (years)

61 (56, 66)

64 (59, 69)

0.000

BMI (kg/m2)

24.8 (22.9, 27.4)

25.2 (23.4, 27.7)

0.027

TyG index (n%)

0.000

 T1 (lowest)

107 (41)

272 (21.7)

 T2

66 (25.3)

313 (24.9)

 T3

51 (19.5)

328 (26.1)

 T4 (highest)

37 (17.2)

342 (27.3)

SBP (mmHg)

130 (120, 140)

133 (122, 145)

0.000

TC (mmol/L)

4.6 (3.9, 5.2)

4.4 (3.7, 5.2)

0.016

LDL-C (mmol/L)

2.8 (2.2, 3.4)

2.7 (2.1, 3.3)

0.313

HDL-C (mmol/L)

1.2 (1.0, 1.4)

1.1 (1.0, 1.3)

0.000

PLT (*109/L)

209 (182, 248)

213 (183, 252)

0.707

HbA1C (%)

5.8 (5.6, 6.2)

6.1 (5.7, 6.8)

0.000

Hypertension (n%)

134 (51.3)

853 (68)

0.000

Diabetes (n%)

39 (14.9)

420 (33.5)

0.000

Smoking (n%)

72 (27.6)

517 (41.2)

0.000

Use of antilipemic agents (n%)

26 (10)

327 (26.1)

0.000

Use of antidiabetic agents (n%)

28 (10.7)

348 (27.7)

0.000

  1. T1 the first TyG index quartile, T4 the fourth TyG index quartile, BMI body mass index, SBP systolic blood pressure, TC total cholesterol, LDL-C low-density lipoprotein, HDL-C high-density lipoprotein, PLT platelet count, HbA1c glycosylated hemoglobin A1
  2. P < 0.05 were considered statistically significant