ArticleFrontiers in endocrinology2025
Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease attenuates the predictive value of the triglyceride-glucose index for carotid plaque: evidence of insulin resistance-independent pathways.
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- Decoding the mechanistic basis of liver-muscle communication in health and disease.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2026Review
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Background: Insulin resistance (IR), a key driver of atherosclerosis, is associated with cardiovascular risks such as carotid plaque formation. While the triglyceride-glucose (TyG) index has been established as a reliable surrogate marker of IR, its association with carotid plaque formation in individuals with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) remains to be explored. Purpose: The study investigated whether MASLD modified the association between the TyG index and carotid plaque, hypothesizing that MASLD-specific metabolic pathways attenuate the association between the TyG index and carotid plaque. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in 3414 participants who were stratified into MASLD (n=796) and non-MASLD (n=2618) groups. MASLD was diagnosed by ultrasonography. The TyG index was calculated and its correlation with carotid plaque was evaluated by multivariable logistic regression adjusting for age, sex, body mass index, waist circumference, and metabolic factors. The interaction effects between the TyG index and MASLD status on carotid plaque prediction were evaluated. Receiver operating characteristic analysis compared the discriminatory ability of the TyG index across subgroups. Results: In the total cohort, a higher TyG index showed a borderline non-significant association with carotid plaque after comprehensive adjustment for covariates including waist circumference (OR: 1.254, 95% CI: 0.985-1.596; Conclusion: MASLD weakened the association between the TyG index and carotid plaque, suggesting that the underlying pathophysiology may involve mechanisms that alter or decouple the relationship between IR and atherosclerosis.
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