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SUBMITTER: Park GM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6961240 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lipids in health and disease 20200114 1
<h4>Background</h4>Atherosclerotic cardiovascular (CV) events commonly occur in individuals with a low CV risk burden. This study evaluated the ability of the triglyceride glucose (TyG) index to predict subclinical coronary artery disease (CAD) in asymptomatic subjects without traditional CV risk factors (CVRFs).<h4>Methods</h4>This retrospective, cross-sectional, and observational study evaluated the association of TyG index with CAD in 1250 (52.8 ± 6.5 years, 46.9% male) asymptomatic individua ...[more]