The Correlation between the Triglyceride-Glucose Index and Coagulation Markers in Patients with Recent Acute Myocardial Infarction

Table 3

Baseline demographic and risk factor comparison between lowest and highest tertile of TyG index.

	Lowest tertile TyG index ()	Highest tertile TyG index ()	value
Women	9 (24)	8 (22)	0.309
Age (year)	57.2 (10.7)	54.9 (9.9)	0.339
BMI (kg/m^2)	28.1 (4.5)	30.4 (5.5)	0.057
Event			0.665
STEMI	21 (56.8)	24 (66.7)
NSTE-ACS	16 (43.2)	12 (33.3)
Arterial hypertension	29 (78.4)	27 (75.0)	0.936
Diabetes mellitus	1 (2.7)	8 (22.2)	0.004
Dyslipidaemia	23 (62.2)	25 (69.4)	0.793
Family history	17 (45.9)	42 (38.5)	0.401
Smoker	15 (40.5)	19 (52.8)	0.564

BMI: body mass index; NSTE-ACS: non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome; SD: standard deviation; STEMI: ST-elevation myocardial infarction; TyG: triglyceride-glucose index; : results displayed as number (%); : results displayed as mean (standard deviation).