ArticlePublic health nutrition2021
TAG-glucose (TyG) index in childhood: an estimate of cut-off points and the relation to cardiometabolic risk in 4- to 9-year-old children.
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- The triglyceride-glucose index can indicate lipid and atherogenic alterations in adolescents, regardless of excess weight.Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo · 2026Article
- Triglyceride-glucose index as a marker in cardiovascular diseases; a bibliometric study and visual analysis.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2025Review
- Relationship of the Degree of Sarcopenia with the Severity of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Cardiometabolic Risk in Adolescents.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Association of long-term triglyceride-glucose index level and change with the risk of cardiometabolic diseases.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Article
- A population-based study of TyG index distribution and its relationship to cardiometabolic risk factors in children and adolescents.Scientific reports · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo propose cut-off points for the TAG-glucose (TyG) index in Brazilian children and evaluate the link to cardiometabolic risk.
designA cross-sectional study with children from a municipality in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Anthropometric (weight, height, waist circumference and waist:height ratio), biochemical (lipid and glucose profile) and blood pressure (BP) tests were performed. Using the receiver operating characteristic curve, cut-off points for the TyG index were proposed according to sex using homoeostasis model of assessment - insulin resistance (IR) as the reference method.
settingViçosa, MG, Brazil.
participantsChildren aged 4-9 years (n 515).
resultsThe TyG index cut-off points to identify the risk of IR were 7·9 and 8·1 for boys and girls, respectively. We observed that 48·7 % of the children had an increased TyG index. The increased TyG index was associated with overweight, total body and central fat, increased BP and altered lipid profile. Children with an increased TyG index had a higher accumulation of cardiometabolic risk factors.
conclusionsAccording to the cut-off points proposed by the current study, children at risk of IR estimated by the TyG index presented a higher cardiometabolic risk, including isolated risk factors, as to the higher accumulation of these.
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