Table 2 Baseline characteristics according to TyG quartiles.

From: Association of the triglyceride glucose index with obesity indicators and hypertension in American adults based on NHANES 2013 to 2018

 

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

P value

 

<8.31

8.32–8.88

8.89–9.19

>9.20

 

Age

44.63 ± 16.65

48.71 ± 16.83

48.42 ± 16.89

48.44 ± 16.21

< 0.001

PIR

2.96 ± 1.60

2.87 ± 1.65

2.84 ± 1.60

3.61 ± 1.60

< 0.001

Glycated hemoglobin

5.46 ± 0.55

5.67 ± 0.78

5.73 ± 0.90

6.50 ± 1.71

< 0.001

TC(mmol)

4.46 ± 0.89

4.64 ± 1.09

4.75 ± 0.85

5.42 ± 1.09

< 0.001

HDL(mmol)

1.61 ± 0.43

1.37 ± 0.38

1.31 ± 0.36

1.26 ± 0.41

< 0.001

Body mass index

27.40 ± 7.16

29.98 ± 7.07

30.08 ± 7.20

31.25 ± 7.17

< 0.001

Gender (%)

    

< 0.001

 Male

44.8

49.71

48.42

54.04

 

 Female

55.2

50.29

51.58

45.96

 

Race (%)

    

< 0.001

 Mexican American

8.32

8.7

9.52

6.89

 

 Other hispanic

5.3

6.92

5.68

4.4

 

 Non-hispanic white

65.11

65.63

65.68

73.21

 

 Non-hispanic black

12.47

10.15

9.55

7.22

 

 Other race

8.81

8.6

9.56

8.29

 

Marital status (%)

    

< 0.001

 Married

50.89

53.4

59.63

61.49

 

 Widowed

4.96

5.21

5.23

4.68

 

 Divorced

10.11

11.61

12.13

9.57

 

 Separated

1.99

3.32

2.06

1.59

 

 Never married

20.89

17.26

14.11

16.23

 

 Living with partner

11.16

9.2

6.83

6.44

 

Smoking (%)

    

< 0.001

 Yes

43.29

49.11

48.66

51.55

 

 No

56.71

50.89

51.34

48.45

 

Heart failure (%)

    

0.021

 Yes

1.36

2.12

3.11

2.82

 

 No

98.64

97.88

96.89

97.18

 

Coronary heart disease (%)

    

0.001

 Yes

2.3

3.94

4.1

5.34

 

 No

97.7

96.06

95.9

94.66

 

Stroke(%)

    

0.068

 Yes

2.02

3.7

3.29

3.51

 

 No

97.98

96.3

96.71

96.49

 

Diabetes(%)

    

< 0.001

 Yes

5.19

8.35

9.11

8.06

 

 No

93.53

89.07

89.9

87.02

 

 Boundary line

1.28

2.58

0.99

4.92

 

Drinking(%)

    

< 0.001

 Yes

34.63

50.62

67.58

67.51

 

 No

65.37

49.38

32.42

32.49

 

Education(%)

    

< 0.001

 Below high school

11.51

12.6

15.48

9.74

 

 High school

22.87

23.88

24.53

19.43

 

 Above high school

65.62

63.53

59.99

70.83

 

Hypertension(%)

    

< 0.001

 Yes

30.14

41.23

45.75

54.21

 

 No

69.86

58.77

54.25

45.79

 
  1. Continuous variables are listed as the mean ± standard deviation. Categorical variables are listed as percentages (%).