The triglyceride glucose index is a simple and low-cost marker associated with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: a population-based study.

Sangmo, Hong,; Kyungdo, Han,; Cheol-Young, Park,

doi:10.1186/s12916-020-01824-2

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The triglyceride glucose index is a simple and low-cost marker associated with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: a population-based study.

Published in BMC medicine • Nov 25, 2020

Authors:

Hong, Sangmo

Han, Kyungdo

Park, Cheol-Young

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The triglyceride glucose (TyG) index is an inexpensive clinical surrogate marker for insulin resistance. However, the relationship between TyG index and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains unclear. We evaluated the relationship between TyG index and CVD using a large-sca...

Subject

Cardiovascular disease

Insulin resistance

Myocardial infarction

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