ArticleCardiovascular diabetology2023
High triglyceride-glucose (TyG) index is associated with poor prognosis of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.
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- Triglyceride-glucose index and the prognosis of patients with heart failure: A meta-analysis.Biomolecules & biomedicine · 2025Pooled it
- A meta-analysis of the prognostic value of the TyG index in heart failure.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Pooled it
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- Concerns Regarding the Interpretation of Triglyceride-Glucose Index as a Protective Factor in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.Anatolian journal of cardiology · 2026Article
- Association of Composite Metabolic Indices With Incident Carotid Plaque: A Chinese Cohort Study.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2026Article
- Triglyceride-glucose index and its derivatives, biventricular remodeling, and risk of incident heart failure: a large-scale prospective CMR study.Lipids in health and disease · 2026Article
- A pragmatic nomogram using routinely collected clinical variables to screen prevalent HFpEF: development and temporal validation.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2026Article
- Elevated cardiometabolic index is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular and all-cause mortality in patients undergoing dialysis: a retrospective cohort study.BMC nephrology · 2026Article
- Prognostic value of the triglyceride-glucose index combined with atherogenic index of plasma for all-cause mortality in critically ill patients with chronic heart failure: a machine learning-driven retrospective cohort study.Lipids in health and disease · 2026Article
- Comment on "Association Between Triglyceride- Glucose Index and Prognosis of Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction".Anatolian journal of cardiology · 2026Article
- Independent prognostic value of the triglyceride-glucose index and its incremental predictive contribution beyond traditional risk markers in acute heart failure: a retrospective cohort study.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Article
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- The cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein, and glucose index as a metabolic-nutritional biomarker for risk stratification in hospitalized heart failure patients.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Association between triglyceride glucose-body mass index and incident risk of heart failure among patients with type 2 diabetes: a real-world study.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Article
- Associations of four insulin resistance indicators with subsequent pregnancy outcomes in women with recurrent pregnancy loss.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Article
- Diabetes modifies the association between the triglyceride-glucose index and subclinical myocardial injury: A prospective cohort study.Cardiovascular diabetology · 2025Article
- Insulin resistance surrogates predict major adverse cardiovascular events in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and chronic kidney disease: a retrospective cohort study.Lipids in health and disease · 2025Article
- The Incremental Prognostic Value of Incorporating the Triglyceride-Glucose Index into the Traditional Cardiovascular Risk Factors for the Long-term Prognosis in Ischemic Cardiomyopathy Patients with HFpEF following Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: A Multicenter Cohort Study.Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis · 2025Article
- Association between dynamic changes in the triglyceride-glucose index and prognosis in patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.Cardiovascular diabetology · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe impact of insulin resistance on the prognosis of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) remains unknown. This study aimed to investigate the association between the triglyceride-glucose (TyG) index, an easily calculated marker of insulin resistance, and the long-term prognosis of HFpEF.
methodsA total of 823 patients with HFpEF were enrolled in the study. The TyG index was determined using the formula ln(fasting triglycerides [mg/dL] × fasting glucose [mg/dL]/2). The primary endpoint was all-cause death. The secondary endpoints were cardiovascular (CV) death and heart failure (HF) rehospitalization. Restricted cubic spline, multivariate Cox proportional hazard models, and competing risk models were used for analyses.
resultsDuring a median follow-up period of 3.16 years, 147 (17.8%) all-cause deaths, 139 (16.8%) CV deaths, and 222 (27.0%) HF rehospitalizations occurred. Restricted cubic spline analysis revealed a J-shaped association between the TyG index and the mortality and rehospitalization rates. In the multivariate Cox proportional hazard models, compared with those in the lowest TyG index tertile, patients in the highest tertile exhibited the greatest susceptibility to all-cause death (HR 1.53, 95% CI 1.19-1.98) and CV death (HR 1.52, 95% CI 1.19-1.96). In the competing risk model, a significant association between the TyG index and HF rehospitalization was observed (HR 1.31, 95% CI, 1.07-1.61).
conclusionA high TyG index is associated with an increased risk of mortality and rehospitalization in patients with HFpEF. The TyG index may serve as a promising prognostic marker for patients with HFpEF.
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