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ArticleScientific reports2025

Association between triglyceride glucose body mass index and 1 year all cause mortality in stage 4 CKM syndrome patients.

Wen Pan, Teng-Fei Ji, Bing-Tao Hu, Jing Yang, Lei Lu, Jin Wei

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Wen Pan *Department of Cardiovascular Internal Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi 'an Jiaotong University, Xi 'an, China.
Teng-Fei Ji *Department of Cardiovascular Internal Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi 'an Jiaotong University, Xi 'an, China.
Bing-Tao HuDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi 'an Jiaotong University, Xi 'an, China.
Jing YangDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi 'an Jiaotong University, Xi 'an, China.
Lei LuDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi 'an Jiaotong University, Xi 'an, China.
Jin WeiDepartment of Cardiovascular Internal Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi 'an Jiaotong University, Xi 'an, China. weijinxjtu@126.com.

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The triglyceride-glucose body mass index (TyG-BMI) is acknowledged as a dependable surrogate biomarker for the evaluation of insulin resistance (IR). Current research indicates a significant correlation between TyG-BMI and the risk of subsequent cardiovascular events in individuals diagnosed with cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome (CKM) at stages 0-3. Nevertheless, the prognostic significance of TyG-BMI in patients with CKM stage 4 has not been extensively investigated, and there is a paucity of evidence available on this topic. The study utilized patient data from the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care (MIMIC-IV) database, categorizing the data into quartiles based on the TyG-BMI index. The primary outcomes of interest were all-cause mortality at 180 days and at one year. To assess the relationship between the TyG-BMI index and these outcomes in patients diagnosed with stage 4 CKM, a Cox proportional hazards model was employed. Additionally, a restricted cubic splines(RCS) model was applied to further investigate the associations between the TyG-BMI index and the specified outcomes. A total of 1,885 patients participated in the study, with 62.49% of the cohort being male. The all-cause mortality rates were recorded at 30.50% at 180 days and 35.12% at one year. Analysis using a multivariate Cox proportional hazards model revealed that an increase in the TyG-BMI index was significantly correlated with a reduction in the risk of all-cause mortality at both the 180-day and one-year marks. Specifically, for each standard deviation increase in the TyG-BMI index, the risk of all-cause mortality decreased by 17% within 180 days (HR = 0.83, 95% CI: 0.76-0.91) and by 21% within one year (HR = 0.79, 95% CI: 0.71-0.87). Furthermore, regression analysis utilizing RCS indicated a linear decrease in all-cause mortality rates associated with increasing TyG-BMI index values over both the 180-day and one-year periods (P for nonlinearity = 0.171 and P for nonlinearity = 0.141, respectively). In patients diagnosed with stage 4 CKM syndrome, a reduced TyG-BMI index was found to be significantly correlated with a heightened risk of all-cause mortality within both 180 days and one year. Consequently, the TyG-BMI index may be utilized as an effective instrument for risk stratification and prognostic assessment in this patient population.

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Blood GlucoseBody Mass IndexCardiovascular DiseasesKidney DiseasesMetabolic SyndromeTriglyceridesAdultAgedBiomarkersFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPrognosisProportional Hazards ModelsRisk FactorsBiomarkersBlood GlucoseTriglyceridesCardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic syndromeInsulin resistanceObesity paradoxThe triglyceride-glucose body mass index

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