ArticleCardiovascular diabetology2023
Independent effects of the triglyceride-glucose index on all-cause mortality in critically ill patients with coronary heart disease: analysis of the MIMIC-III database.
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- The Triglyceride-Glucose Index: A Novel Marker for Clinical Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk Stratification.Annals of African medicine · 2026Review
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- Cumulative triglyceride-glucose-body mass index exposure and cardiovascular disease risk: findings from the Kailuan study.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Article
- Triglyceride-glucose index correlates with all-cause mortality of patients in intensive cardiac care unit: from two large-scale cohorts.International journal of surgery (London, England) · 2026Article
- Insulin resistance-related surrogate indices and recurrence of mild hypertriglyceridemic acute pancreatitis: a retrospective cohort study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- The triglyceride-glucose index and acute kidney injury risk in critically ill patients with coronary artery disease.Renal failure · 2025Article
- The additive effect of hemoglobin glycation index and glycemic variability to predict mortality in cardiac intensive care patients with and without diabetes.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Association Between Triglyceride-Glucose Index, Blood Pressure Status, and Coronary Heart Disease Risk Among Chinese Adults With Disabilities: 10-Year Disability Health Survey Cohort Study.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2025Article
- Association between triglyceride-glucose index and postoperative delirium following cardiac surgery: a multicenter retrospective analysis.Lipids in health and disease · 2025Article
- Associations of six insulin resistance-related indices with the risk and progression of cardio-renal-metabolic multimorbidity: evidence from the UK biobank.Cardiovascular diabetology · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe triglyceride-glucose (TyG) index is a reliable alternative biomarker of insulin resistance (IR). However, whether the TyG index has prognostic value in critically ill patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) remains unclear.
methodsParticipants from the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care III (MIMIC-III) were grouped into quartiles according to the TyG index. The primary outcome was in-hospital all-cause mortality. Cox proportional hazards models were constructed to examine the association between TyG index and all-cause mortality in critically ill patients with CHD. A restricted cubic splines model was used to examine the associations between the TyG index and outcomes.
resultsA total of 1,618 patients (65.14% men) were included. The hospital mortality and intensive care unit (ICU) mortality rate were 9.64% and 7.60%, respectively. Multivariable Cox proportional hazards analyses indicated that the TyG index was independently associated with an elevated risk of hospital mortality (HR, 1.71 [95% CI 1.25-2.33] P = 0.001) and ICU mortality (HR, 1.50 [95% CI 1.07-2.10] P = 0.019). The restricted cubic splines regression model revealed that the risk of hospital mortality and ICU mortality increased linearly with increasing TyG index (P for non-linearity = 0.467 and P for non-linearity = 0.764).
conclusionsThe TyG index was a strong independent predictor of greater mortality in critically ill patients with CHD. Larger prospective studies are required to confirm these findings.
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