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Triglyceride Glucose Index as an Indicator of Cardiovascular Risk in Syrian Refugees.

Ameerah Hasan IbrahimAlaa Mahmoud HammadWalid A Al-QeremHakam AlaqabaniF Scott HallFawaz Alasmari
Published in: Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy (2024)
Our findings determine that, given a TyG index cutoff value of 9.33, the TyG index has a predictive ability to assess ten-year cardiovascular risk by comparison to the Framingham risk score in a high-risk group of Syrian refugees and can be used as an independent indicator of cardiovascular risk.
Keyphrases
  • blood pressure
  • blood glucose
  • metabolic syndrome
  • insulin resistance
  • weight loss