Research Article

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

Table 2

Sex differences in the Spearman correlation between TyG index and cardiovascular risk factors.

ParametersWomenMen
r2 valuer2 value

Hypertension (≥130/≥85 mmHg)−0.0570.179−0.0340.390
Hyperglycemia (≥100 mg/dL)0.358<0.0010.357<0.001
Low HDL cholesterol (<40 men/<50 women mg/dL)0.1420.0030.1150.018
Hypertriglyceridemia (≥150 mg/dL)0.822<0.0010.787<0.001