ArticleNutrients2023
Triglyceride-Glucose Index as a Potential Indicator of Sarcopenic Obesity in Older People.
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- Associations between the triglyceride‒glucose index and the odds of low muscle mass and sarcopenia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC endocrine disorders · 2026Pooled it
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- Triglyceride-glucose index, genetic predisposition, and incident depression: a prospective cohort study from the UK Biobank.Psychological medicine · 2026Article
- Association of triglyceride-glucose index with all-cause mortality in critically ill non-diabetic ischemic stroke: a retrospective cohort study based on the MIMIC-IV database.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2026Article
- Nonlinear relationship between triglyceride glucose-body mass index and the risk of prediabetes: a multi-center retrospective cohort study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Sarcopenic obesity in older adults: a scoping review of prevalence, assessment tools, associated factors, and interventions.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Linear Association of Derivatives of Triglyceride-Glucose Index with Incident Lower Limb Joint Pain in Middle-Aged and Older Chinese Adults: A Prospective Cohort Study.Journal of pain research · 2026Article
- The Role of hs-CRP and Systemic Immune-Inflammation Index in Sarcopenia and Sarcopenic Obesity in Young Populations: Results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2015-2018.Endocrine, metabolic & immune disorders drug targets · 2026Article
- A study on the correlation between novel metabolic and inflammatory-derived indicators (TyG, THR, NHR, UHR) and overweight older adult patients with T2DM.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Possible Sarcopenia is Related to Leisure-Time Physical Activity but Not to Occupational Activity.Annals of geriatric medicine and research · 2025Article
- Association of stroke with possible sarcopenic obesity and the modified effect from healthy lifestyle: a cross-sectional study based on CHARLS.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Triglyceride-glucose index, a silent predictor for osteosarcopenic adiposity occurrence and risk of cardiovascular and all-cause mortality.Diabetology & metabolic syndrome · 2025Article
- Sarcopenic Obesity Phenotype Index (SOPi): A Population-Based Study.Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle · 2025Article
- Associations of the Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio(NLR), Triglyceride-Glucose Index (TyG), and TyG-derived indices with vitality decline in older adults in China: a study within the Integrated Care for Older People (ICOPE) framework.Lipids in health and disease · 2025Article
- Metabolic and Inflammatory Biomarkers Predicting Sarcopenic Obesity and Cardiometabolic Risk in Arab Women: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Triglyceride-glucose index as a predictor of the risk of sarcopenia in elderly patients with OSA: a multicenter study.Diabetology & metabolic syndrome · 2025Article
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Abstract
purposeThis population-based cross-sectional study aimed to determine whether the triglyceride-glucose index (TyG index) is associated with sarcopenic obesity (SO) and whether it would be a helpful indicator of SO.
methodsA total of 3821 participants aged ≥ 60 years were selected for the study group, and 4919 participants aged 20-39 years were included as a reference group. The participants were allocated to sarcopenia, obesity, and SO groups depending on if their body mass index (BMI) was ≥25 kg/m
resultsAs the TyG index increased, BMI increased, but the sarcopenia index decreased in both sexes. Males and females in the middle and highest tertiles of the TyG index were 1.775 and 3.369, and they were 1.993 and 3.157 times more likely to have SO, respectively. The cut-off values of the TyG index for SO in males and females were ≥8.72 and 8.67, respectively.
conclusionA high TyG index is positively associated with SO, and the TyG index may be considered a potential indicator of SO.
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