Triglyceride glucose index is an independent predictor for the progression of coronary artery calcification in the absence of heavy coronary artery calcification at baseline

[1] Roth GA(2015)Demographic and epidemiologic drivers of global cardiovascular mortality N Engl J Med 372 1333-1341

[2] Forouzanfar MH(2000)Coronary artery calcium evaluation by electron beam computed tomography and its relation to new cardiovascular events Am J Cardiol 86 495-498

[3] Moran AE(2007)Long-term prognosis associated with coronary calcification: observations from a registry of 25,253 patients J Am Coll Cardiol 49 1860-1870

[4] Barber R(2008)Coronary calcium as a predictor of coronary events in four racial or ethnic groups N Engl J Med 358 1336-1345

[5] Nguyen G(2010)Progression of coronary artery calcium predicts all-cause mortality JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 3 1229-1236

[6] Feigin VL(2002)Homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance in relation to the incidence of cardiovascular disease: the San Antonio Heart Study Diabetes Care 25 1177-1184

[7] Naghavi M(2008)The product of fasting glucose and triglycerides as surrogate for identifying insulin resistance in apparently healthy subjects Metab Syndr Relat Disord. 6 299-304

[8] Mensah GA(2011)TyG index performs better than HOMA in a Brazilian population: a hyperglycemic clamp validated study Diabetes Res Clin Pract 93 e98-e100

[9] Murray CJ(2016)Fasting triglycerides and glucose index as a diagnostic test for insulin resistance in young adults Arch Med Res 47 382-387

[10] Wong ND(2017)Cumulative increased risk of incident type 2 diabetes mellitus with increasing triglyceride glucose index in normal-weight people: the Rural Chinese Cohort Study Cardiovasc Diabetol. 16 30-1265

[1] Roth GA(2015)Demographic and epidemiologic drivers of global cardiovascular mortality N Engl J Med 372 1333-1341

[2] Forouzanfar MH(2000)Coronary artery calcium evaluation by electron beam computed tomography and its relation to new cardiovascular events Am J Cardiol 86 495-498

[3] Moran AE(2007)Long-term prognosis associated with coronary calcification: observations from a registry of 25,253 patients J Am Coll Cardiol 49 1860-1870

[4] Barber R(2008)Coronary calcium as a predictor of coronary events in four racial or ethnic groups N Engl J Med 358 1336-1345

[5] Nguyen G(2010)Progression of coronary artery calcium predicts all-cause mortality JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 3 1229-1236

[6] Feigin VL(2002)Homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance in relation to the incidence of cardiovascular disease: the San Antonio Heart Study Diabetes Care 25 1177-1184

[7] Naghavi M(2008)The product of fasting glucose and triglycerides as surrogate for identifying insulin resistance in apparently healthy subjects Metab Syndr Relat Disord. 6 299-304

[8] Mensah GA(2011)TyG index performs better than HOMA in a Brazilian population: a hyperglycemic clamp validated study Diabetes Res Clin Pract 93 e98-e100

[9] Murray CJ(2016)Fasting triglycerides and glucose index as a diagnostic test for insulin resistance in young adults Arch Med Res 47 382-387

[10] Wong ND(2017)Cumulative increased risk of incident type 2 diabetes mellitus with increasing triglyceride glucose index in normal-weight people: the Rural Chinese Cohort Study Cardiovasc Diabetol. 16 30-1265