Open AccessTriglyceride Glucose Index Was Associated With the Risk of Peripheral Artery Disease
Author(s) -
Yihai Liu,
Lei Chang,
Mingyue Wu,
Biao Xu,
Lina Kang
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
angiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.74
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1940-1574
pISSN - 0003-3197
DOI - 10.1177/00033197211070644
Subject(s) - medicine , quartile , odds ratio , national health and nutrition examination survey , triglyceride , confidence interval , risk factor , body mass index , cardiology , cholesterol , population , environmental health
This study aims to investigate the relationship between the triglyceride glucose (TyG) index and peripheral artery disease (PAD). A total of 3125 participants with completed TyG and ankle brachial pressure index (ABPI) records were enrolled from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) cycle of 1999–2004. The TyG index was calculated as ln [triglycerides (mg/dL) × glucose (mg/dL)/2], and the presence of PAD was defined as ABPI ≤.9. The participants were 59.9 ± 12.9 years old and 51.5% (1608) were male. The prevalence of PAD was 7.2% (225). Compared with the reference lowest quartile of TyG index, the highest quartile was associated with 1.27-fold increased (odds ratio [OR] 2.27, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.53-3.41; P < .001) risk of PAD. After adjusting for sociodemographic, lifestyles, and cardiometabolic factors, the multivariate-adjusted OR and 95% CI were 1.74 (1.02–3.01; P = .044) in participants within the highest quartile. Subgroup analysis showed that the association between TyG index and the risk of PAD was still consistent across subgroups. In conclusion, higher TyG index was significantly associated with the higher risk of PAD, which could be a marker of PAD.