Association of triglyceride–glucose index and its 6-year change with risk of hypertension: A prospective cohort study

• Published in: Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases Vol. 33; no. 3; pp. 568 - 576
• Main Authors: Zhao, Yang, Yang, Xingjin, Wu, Yuying, Huang, Hao, Hu, Fulan, Zhang, Ming, Sun, Liang, Hu, Dongsheng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.03.2023
• Subjects: alcohols; Biomarkers; Blood Glucose; cohort studies; education; Epidemiology; family; fasting; Glucose; Humans; Hypertension; Hypertension - diagnosis; Hypertension - epidemiology; income; Insulin resistance; logit analysis; metabolism; nutrition; obesity; Obesity - diagnosis; Obesity - epidemiology; physical activity; Prospective Studies; risk; Risk Factors; Triglycerides; Triglyceride–glucose index; Hypertension; Insulin resistance; Triglyceride–glucose index; Epidemiology

We aimed to investigate the association of triglyceride–glucose (TyG) index and its dynamic change with risk of hypertension in rural Chinese and, further, to explore whether the TyG index mediates the obesity-related hypertension. A prospective cohort study, including 10,309 subjects without hypert...