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Table 9 OR and 95% CI for the highest versus lowest quartiles predicting the presence of carotid atherosclerotic plaques

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

TyG index quartiles

With DM

Without DM

OR (95% CI)

P

OR (95% CI)

P

Model 1

1.976 (0.828, 4.714)

0.125

1.621 (0.946, 2.779)

0.079

Model 2

2.872 (1.119, 7.369)

0.028

2.211 (1.180,4.142)

0.013

Model 3

1.521 (0.544, 4.249)

0.424

2.806 (1.061, 4.098)

0.033

  1. Data are odds ratio (95% CI) based in multivariate logistic regression
  2. Model 1: crude
  3. Model 2: sex and age adjustments
  4. Model 3: adjusted for model 2, smoking, BMI, hypertension and use of antilipemic agents
  5. DM diabetes mellitus, OR odds ratios, CI confidence intervals
  6. P < 0.05 were considered statistically significant