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ArticleScientific reports2025

Opposite outcomes of triglyceride-glucose index and associated cardiovascular mortality risk in type 2 diabetes mellitus participants by different obesity criteria.

Hui Huang, Jing Tian, Jiahui Xu, Qingguang Chen, Mengjie Cai, Hao Lu, Fan Gong

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Hui HuangDepartment of Endocrinology, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, China.
Jing TianDepartment of Endocrinology, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, China.
Jiahui XuDepartment of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430060, China.
Qingguang ChenDepartment of Endocrinology, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, China.
Mengjie CaiDepartment of Endocrinology, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, China.
Hao LuDepartment of Endocrinology, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, China. luhao403@163.com.
Fan GongDepartment of Endocrinology, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, China. 372438536@qq.com.

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National Natural Science Foundation of China 82074381Shanghai Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Clinical Medicine 20DZ2272200Shanghai Municipal Health Commission's Traditional Chinese Medicine Research Project 2022QN092Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission Research Program 22S21900400
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Abstract

We investigated the correlation between Triglyceride-glucose (TyG) index and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) population across different obesity classications using a cohort study. We analyzed 7867 T2DM participants from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2018, categorizing them into obese or non-obese group by body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC). Cox regression models were used to estimate the correlation between TyG index and CVD mortality risk, comparing the results across the two obesity classifications. Over a 9.1-year follow-up, 691 CVD deaths occurred. Among non-obese T2DM participants (BMI-defined), the hazard ration for CVD mortality was 1.73 in the fourth quartile group of TyG index compared with the first quartile group. Conversely, among obese T2DM participants (WC-defined), the fourth quartile group of TyG index held a 1.51-fold risk of CVD mortality compared with the first quartile group. The association between obesity and higher CVD risk was observed in WC-defined obesity but not in BMI-defined obesity. A totally opposite relationship appeared between TyG index and CVD mortality based on how obesity was defined using BMI or WC in the T2DM participants, suggesting a reevaluation of BMI's accuracy in predicting mortality risk.

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Blood GlucoseCardiovascular DiseasesDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2ObesityTriglyceridesAdultAgedBody Mass IndexFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNutrition SurveysRisk FactorsWaist CircumferenceBlood GlucoseTriglyceridesCardiovascular diasease mortalityObesityTriglyceride-glucose indexType 2 diabetes mellitus

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PMCPMC11739416

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