Table 1 The characteristics of participants according to TyG index

Male, %

1174 (56.7)

313 (60.4)

281(54.2)

274 (52.9)

306 (59.1)

0.038

Age, years

67.1 (12.9)

67.3 (14.4)

67.9 (12.8)

67.2 (12.3)

66.1 (12.1)

0.173

Race, %

< 0.001

Non-Hispanic white

1214 (58.6)

287 (55.4)

302 (58.3)

315 (60.8)

310 (59.8)

Non-Hispanic black

403 (19.4)

144 (27.8)

98 (18.9)

90 (17.4)

71 (13.7)

Mexican American

251 (12.1)

36 (6.9)

51 (9.8)

75 (14.5)

89 (17.2)

Others

204 (9.8)

51 (9.8)

67 (12.9)

38 (7.3)

48 (9.3)

Education, %

0.001

Less than high school

803 (38.9)

183(35.5)

201 (38.9)

194 (37.6)

225 (43.9)

High school or equivalent

476 (23.1)

104 (20.2)

120 (23.2)

119 (23.1)

133 (25.9)

College or above

783 (38.0)

229 (44.4)

196 (37.9)

203 (39.3)

155 (30.2)

BMI, kg/m2

29.8 (6.7)

27.7 (6.1)

28.9 (6.5)

30.9 (6.9)

31.8 (6.5)

< 0.001

Smoking, %

0.232

Never

827 (66.5)

210 (67.7)

218 (66.7)

212 (67.9)

187 (63.4)

Past

60 (4.8)

16 (5.2)

12 (3.7)

21 (6.7)

11 (3.7)

Current

357 (28.7)

84 (27.1)

97 (29.7)

79 (25.3)

97 (32.9)

Drinking, %

363 (56.5)

90 (64.3)

85 (54.1)

102 (55.7)

86 (53.1)

0.202

Activity, %

0.859

Inactive

156 (17.4)

44 (19.0)

39 (17.5)

36 (15.9)

37 (17.3)

Moderate

498 (55.7)

126 (54.5)

123 (55.2)

123 (54.4)

126 (58.9)

Vigorous

240 (26.8)

61 (26.4)

61 (27.4)

67 (29.6)

51 (23.8)

Hypertension, %

676 (34.2)

148 (29.7)

153 (30.8)

196 (40.0)

179 (36.3)

0.001

Diabetes, %

798 (38.5)

99 (19.1)

142 (27.4)

210 (40.5)

347 (67.0)

< 0.001

White blood cell, 1000/ul

7.24 (2.17)

7.21 (2.18)

7.23 (2.21)

7.28 (2.11)

7.20 (2.15)

0.654

Glucose, mg/dL

120.9 (44.7)

99.6 (13.6)

107.0 (20.1)

118.3 (29.9)

158.8 (66.5)

< 0.001

Triglycerides, mg/dL

151.3 (135.8)

68.9 (15.8)

108.4 (20.5)

152.6 (35.3)

275.1 (219.0)

< 0.001

HDL, mg/dL

50.7 (15.9)

60.3 (18.7)

52.6 (14.7)

47.6 (12.1)

42.3 (11.6)

< 0.001

LDL, mg/dL

106.1 (38.3)

97.8 (33.9)

106.7 (36.3)

110.9 (38.4)

109.7 (43.4)

< 0.001