Sex Differences in the TyG Index and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Metabolically Obese Normal Weight Phenotype

Table 1

Characteristics of the study population stratified by sex (n = 1208).

	MONW (N = 350, 29%)			MHNW (N = 858, 71%)
	Women	Men	value	Women	Men	value
Total (%)	188 (53.7)	162 (46.3)	—	363 (42.3)	495 (57.7)	—
Age	43.49 ± 12.48	43.16 ± 12.75	0.630	46.18 ± 14.20	45.49 ± 12.70	0.868
BMI, kg/m^2	22.14 ± 1.61	22.32 ± 1.73	0.271	22.19 ± 1.68	22.21 ± 1.71	0.834
Waist circumference, cm	65.35 ± 22.16	76.7 ± 17.65	<0.001^∗	68.40 ± 22.17	79.52 ± 18.89	<0.001^∗
SBP, mmHg	118.98 ± 13.94	118.24 ± 14.96	0.371	119.49 ± 14.06	118.25 ± 13.96	0.188
DBP, mmHg	72.13 ± 8.43	72.18 ± 9.57	0.674	72.61 ± 9.16	71.57 ± 8.93	0.102
Total cholesterol, mg/dL	204.46 ± 37.68	200.75 ± 37.33	0.201	185.53 ± 33.41	172.14 ± 38.02	<0.001^∗
HDL cholesterol, mg/dL	54.54 ± 28.62	47.86 ± 33.49	0.102	54.84 ± 30.65	42.37 ± 33.50	<0.001^∗
TyG index	8.03 ± 5.07	7.47 ± 4.68	0.140	3.07 ± 2.88	2.88 ± 1.20	0.022^∗
Fasting glucose, mg/dL	99.40 ± 20.53 (CoeV = 22.7%)	94.94 ± 19.92 (CoeV = 20.2%)	0.003^∗	94.03 ± 16.70 (CoeV = 17.8%)	89.07 ± 18.44 (CoeV = 20.7%)	<0.001^∗
Triglycerides, mg/dL	250.69 ± 140.08 (CoeV = 55.9%)	247.82 ± 146.08 (CoeV = 58.9%)	0.564	101.12 ± 27.79 (CoeV = 27.5%)	95.87 ± 30.85 (CoeV = 32.2%)	0.021^∗

^∗represents statistical significance (P value < 0.05)