The impact of triglyceride-glucose index on incident cardiovascular events during 16 years of follow-up: Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study.

Niloofar BarzegarMaryam TohidiMitra HasheminiaFereidoun AziziFarzad Hadaegh

Published in: Cardiovascular diabetology (2020)

The TyG-index is significantly associated with increased risk of CVD/CHD incidence; this issue was more prominent among the younger population. However, adding TyG-index to FRS does not provide better risk prediction for CVD.

Keyphrases

cardiovascular events
cardiovascular disease
coronary artery disease
blood glucose
risk factors
type diabetes
metabolic syndrome
insulin resistance