Table 2 Cox regression analyses for the association between TyG index, TyG-BMI, TG/HDL-C ratio, MetS-IR and incident DM in different models

All cohort

 Model 1

2.09 (2.02, 2.16)

2.17 (2.10, 2.24)

1.65 (1.59, 1.71)

1.92 (1.86, 1.98)

 Model 2

2.00 (1.93, 2.07)

2.09 (2.02, 2.16)

1.57 (1.51, 1.63)

1.84 (1.78, 1.90)

 Model 3

1.33 (1.28, 1.38)

1.51 (1.45, 1.57)

1.37 (1.31, 1.44)

1.51 (1.45, 1.57)

E value = 1.99

E value = 2.39

E value = 2.08

E value = 2.39

Races (model 1)

 Chinese cohort

2.09 (2.02, 2.17)

2.13 (2.06, 2.20)

1.61 (1.55, 1.67)

1.86 (1.80, 1.92)

 Japanese cohort

2.15 (1.93, 2.40)

2.54 (2.31, 2.79)

1.94 (1.76, 2.15)

2.38 (2.19, 2.60)

Races (model 2)

 Chinese cohort

2.01 (1.93, 2.08)

2.05 (1.98, 2.12)

1.54 (1.48, 1.60)

1.78 (1.73, 1.85)

 Japanese cohort

2.03 (1.81, 2.26)

2.54 (2.28, 2.83)

1.85 (1.67, 2.04)

2.33 (2.12, 2.57)

Races (model 3)

 Chinese cohort

1.33 (1.28, 1.39)

1.48 (1.42, 1.54)

1.37 (1.31, 1.44)

1.47 (1.41, 1.53)

E value = 1.99

E value = 2.32

E value = 2.08

E value = 2.3

 Japanese cohort

1.23 (1.07, 1.40)

1.79 (1.57, 2.04)

1.26 (1.08, 1.47)

1.86 (1.62, 2.13)

E value = 1.76

E value = 2.98

E value = 1.83

E value = 3.12