Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study subjects.

From: Association of triglyceride-glucose index with severity of coronary artery disease among male patients

Characteristics

Subtypes of coronary artery disease (n = 3865)

P

Healthy (n = 1774)

Myocardial infarction (n = 335)

Unstable angina (n = 551)

Stable angina (n = 1205)

Age, Mean (± SD)

62.36 ± 11.59

62.59 ± 11.11

65.51 ± 9.99

65.39 ± 9.96

 < 0.001

GENSINI score, Mean (± SD)

–

71.51 ± 40.66

57.39 ± 33.71

56.47 ± 32.96

 < 0.001

TyG index, Mean (± SD)

8.49 ± 0.62

8.62 ± 0.58

8.49 ± 0.55

8.55 ± 0.56

 < 0.001

FBS (mg/dL), Mean (± SD)

88.40 ± 25.23

100.8 ± 43.18

89.44 ± 23.01

92.59 ± 26.76

 < 0.001

LDL-c (mg/dL), Mean (± SD)

84.88 ± 26.41

79.97 ± 29.74

75.89 ± 30.33

72.85 ± 26.27

 < 0.001

HDL-c (mmol/L), Mean (± SD)

1.07 ± 0.30

0.95 ± 0.28

1.01 ± 0.29

0.99 ± 0.26

 < 0.001

SBP (mmHg), Mean (± SD)

129.1 ± 18.72

124.9 ± 20.34

129.1 ± 17.90

131.1 ± 18.42

 < 0.001

DBP(mmHg), Mean (± SD)

76.65 ± 12.39

74.17 ± 12.11

74.32 ± 11.03

76.13 ± 11.39

 < 0.001

uric acid (µmmol/L), Mean (± SD)

372.6 ± 100.3

343.5 ± 106.7

364.7 ± 94.03

364.0 ± 89.9

 < 0.001

CRP(mg/L), Mean (± SD)

6.29 ± 17.20

27.15 ± 40.53

6.77 ± 16.32

6.21 ± 16.27

 < 0.001

Body mass index

 Underweight (BMI < 18.5 kg/m2)

72 (4.08%)

8 (2.39%)

16 (3.02%)

35 (2.89%)

0.02

 Normal (BMI 18.5–23.9 kg/m2)

888 (50.05%)

165 (49.25%)

241 (43.74%)

524 (43.49%)

 Overweight (BMI 24–28 kg/m2)

643 (36.25%)

130 (38.81%)

245 (44.46%)

510 (42.32%)

 Obese (BMI ≥ 28 kg/m2)

171 (9.64%)

32 (9.55%)

49 (8.89%)

136 (11.29%)

Diabetes

    

 No

1535 (86.54%)

304 (90.85%)

505 (91.65%)

1075 (89.23%)

 < 0.001

 Yes

239 (13.46%)

31 (9.15%)

46 (8.35%)

130 (10.77%)

Hypertension

 No

1198 (67.53%)

237 (70.75%)

388 (70.42%)

789 (65.48%)

0.1

 Yes

576 (32.47%)

98 (29.25%)

163 (29.58%)

416 (34.52%)

Smoking status

 Nonsmoker

715 (40.29%)

96 (28.61%)

173 (31.39%)

433 (35.91%)

 < 0.001

 Current or former smoker

1059 (59.71%)

239 (71.39%)

378 (68.61%)

772 (64.09%)

The New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class

 I

639 (36.02%)

154 (45.97%)

146 (26.50%)

362 (30.04%)

 < 0.001

 II

780 (43.97%)

116 (34.63%)

278 (50.45%)

568 (47.14%)

 III

264 (14.88%)

52 (15.52%)

115 (20.87%)

226 (18.76%)

 IV

91 (5.13%)

13 (3.88%)

12 (2.18%)

49 (4.06%)

  1. Abbreviations: FBS, fasting blood sugar; LDL-c, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-c, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; CRP, C-reactive protein.
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