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Triglyceride-glucose index is associated with symptomatic coronary artery disease in patients in secondary care

2019; BioMed Central; Volume: 18; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1186/s12933-019-0893-2

ISSN

1475-2840

Autores

Alessandra da Silva, Ana Paula Silva Caldas, Helen Hermana Miranda Hermsdorff, Ângela Cristine Bersch-Ferreira, Camila Ragne Torreglosa, Bernardete Weber, Josefina Bressan,

Tópico(s)

Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention

Resumo

The triglyceride-glucose index (TyG index) is a tool for insulin resistance evaluation, however, little is known about its association with coronary artery disease (CAD), which is the major cardiovascular death cause, and what factors may be associated with TyG index.

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