Open AccessTriglyceride-Glucose Index is a Risk Marker of Incident COPD Events in Women
Author(s) -
Suneela Zaigham,
Hanan Tanash,
Peter M. Nilsson,
Iram Faqir Muhammad
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
international journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease/international journal of copd
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1178-2005
pISSN - 1176-9106
DOI - 10.2147/copd.s360793
Subject(s) - medicine , copd , quartile , prospective cohort study , proportional hazards model , population , risk factor , insulin resistance , confounding , biomarker , cohort study , hazard ratio , confidence interval , insulin , environmental health , biochemistry , chemistry
The triglyceride-glucose index (TyG index) is a marker of insulin resistance and metabolic dysfunction and has the advantage of being universally available. Although recent evidence suggests the TyG index has relevance to respiratory health, there have been no prospective studies assessing its value as a biomarker for chronic lung diseases. We aim to assess the TyG index as a potential risk marker for future incident COPD events in the general population.