Abstract:
Objective To investigate the association between triglyceride glucose index (TyG index) and 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure.
Methods A total of 6606 participants in Kailuan Study who completed the health examination and received 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (24hABPM) from 2006 to 2020 were included in this cross-sectional study. The subjects were divided into Q1 group (n = 1651), Q2 group (n = 1652), Q3 group (n = 1652) and Q4 group (n = 1651) according to the quartile of TyG index. The generalized linear model was used to analyze the association between TyG index and 24 h ambulatory blood pressure in different groups. Restricted cubic spline plots were used to explore the dose-response relationship between TyG index and 24hABPM parameters. Stratified analysis was performed according to whether the subjects had hypertension and gender.
Results Among 6606 subjects who met the inclusion criteria, 4841 (73.30%) were male, the mean age was (61.55±11.13) years, and the mean TyG index was 8.87±0.72. After adjusting for age, gender, smoking, drinking, education, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, estimated glomerular filtration rate, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, snoring, diabetes, physical activity, body mass index, taking antihypertensive drugs, taking antidiabetic drugs, and taking lipid-lowering drugs, generalized linear models showed that 24-hour systolic blood pressure (24hSBP), 24-hour diastolic blood pressure (24hDBP), daytime systolic blood pressure (dSBP), daytime diastolic blood pressure (dDBP) and nighttime systolic blood pressure (nSBP) increased by 2.06 (0.86–3.26), 0.88 (0.13–1.64), 2.01 (0.78–3.23), 0.89 (0.12–1.66), 2.20 (0.86–3.54) mmHg, respectively in Q4 group compared with Q1 group (all P<0.05). For each unit increase in TyG index, 24hSBP, 24hDBP, dSBP, dDBP, nSBP, nighttime diastolic blood pressure (nDBP) increased by 1.31 (0.71–1.91), 0.61 (0.23–0.98), 1.30 (0.69–1.91), 0.63 (0.24–1.01), 1.29 (0.62–1.95), and 0.52 (0.11–0.94) mmHg, respectively (all P<0.05). The restricted cubic spline plots analysis showed that there was a positive linear correlation between TyG index and 24hABPM parameters (Poverall<0.01, Pnon-linear > 0.05). The results of stratified analysis showed that in the non-hypertensive population, 24hSBP, 24hDBP, dSBP, dDBP, and nSBP in the Q4 group increased by 3.24 (1.41–5.06), 1.33 (0.20–2.46), 3.42 (1.57–5.28), 1.50 (0.35–2.66), and 2.47 (0.48–4.45) mmHg, respectively, compared with Q1 group (all P<0.05). There was no significant difference in 24hABPM parameters between the Q1 group and Q4 group in hypertensive patients (all P > 0.05). In the female population, compared with the Q1 group, the dSBP of the Q4 group increased by 2.49 (0.14–4.85) mmHg (P<0.05). In the male population, compared with the Q1 group, 24hSBP, dSBP and nSBP in the Q4 group increased by 1.70 (0.27–3.14), 1.51 (0.06–2.97) and 2.35 (0.75–3.95) mmHg, respectively (all P<0.05).
Conclusions In non-hypertensive subjects, TyG index is positively correlated with 24hSBP, 24hDBP, dSBP, dDBP and nSBP. In male population, TyG index is positively correlated with 24hSBP, dSBP and nSBP.