Association between the triglyceride-glucose index and diabetic nephropathy in patients with type 2 diabetes: A cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Aims/introduction

The triglyceride-glucose (TyG) index has been proposed as a reliable and simple marker of insulin resistance. We investigated the association between TyG index and diabetic nephropathy (DN) in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Materials and methods

A consecutive case series of 682 adult patients with type 2 diabetes hospitalized in the Department of Endocrinology at the Tongji Hospital (Wuhan, Hubei, China) from January 2007 to December 2009 was included in this cross-sectional analysis. Receiver operating characteristics curve analysis, correlation analysis and multiple logistic regression analysis were carried out.

Results

A total of 232 (34.0%) participants were identified with DN. Compared with the non-DN group, the DN group had longer disease durat

SUBMITTER: Liu L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8015837 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature