Assessment of the triglyceride glucose index in adult patients with chronic diarrhea and constipation

Table 1 Demographics and characteristics of participants by quartiles of triglyceride glucose index, from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys 2009-2010

	Q1, n = 599 (6.89-8.24)	Q2, n = 601 (8.25-8.62)	Q3, n = 600 (8.62-9.04)	Q4, n = 600 (9.04-12.34)	P value
Age (yr), mean ± SD	43.47 ± 16.99	49.03 ± 17.81	51.93 ± 17.77	52.95 ± 16.24	< 0.001c
Triglyceride (mg/dL), mean ± SD	62.00 ± 13.32	94.21 ± 15.25	131.68 ± 22.99	246.43 ± 186.73	< 0.001c
Fasting glucose (mg/dL), mean ± SD	92.59 ± 10.28	100.66 ± 16.57	106.19 ± 18.46	129.96 ± 51.53	< 0.001c
Gender, n (%)					< 0.001c
Male	219 (36.56)	277 (46.09)	327 (54.50)	334 (55.67)
Female	380 (63.44)	324 (53.91)	273 (45.50)	266 (44.33)
Race, n (%)					< 0.001c
Mexican American	77 (12.85)	108 (17.97)	116 (19.33)	160 (26.67)
Other Hispanic	67 (11.19)	60 (9.98)	58 (9.67)	83 (13.83)
Non-Hispanic white	291 (48.58)	286 (47.59)	313 (52.17)	276 (46.00)
Non-Hispanic black	135 (22.54)	124 (20.63)	74 (12.33)	60 (10.00)
Other races	29 (4.84)	23 (3.83)	39 (6.50)	21 (3.50)
Levels of education, n (%)					< 0.001c
≤ High school	108 (18.03)	156 (25.96)	172 (28.76)	237 (39.83)
> High school	491 (81.97)	445 (74.04)	426 (71.24)	358 (60.17)
Ratio of family income to poverty, n (%)					0.008b
≤ 1	97 (17.86)	113 (20.14)	128 (23.23)	137 (25.95)
> 1	446 (82.14)	448 (79.86)	423 (76.77)	391 (74.05)
Body mass index, n (%)					< 0.001c
Under/normal weight	294 (49.33)	178 (29.82)	125 (20.94)	71 (11.97)
Overweight	176 (29.53)	218 (36.52)	212 (35.51)	208 (35.08)
Obese	126 (21.14)	201 (33.67)	260 (43.55)	314 (52.95)
Diabetes, n (%)					< 0.001c
Yes	20 (3.37)	48 (8.18)	65 (11.05)	145 (25.09)
No	573 (96.63)	539 (91.82)	523 (88.95)	433 (74.91)
Hypertension, n (%)					< 0.001c
Yes	128 (21.37)	204 (33.94)	237 (39.50)	283 (47.17)
No	471 (78.63)	397 (66.06)	363 (60.50)	317 (52.83)
High cholesterol level, n (%)					< 0.001c
Yes	114 (28.22)	162 (39.71)	183 (41.78)	276 (61.47)
No	290 (71.78)	246 (60.29)	255 (58.22)	173 (38.53)
Alcohol, n (%)					< 0.001c
≥ 1, < 8	419 (96.54)	418 (94.36)	385 (92.55)	331 (88.74)
≥ 8	15 (3.46)	25 (5.64)	31 (7.45)	42 (11.26)
Chronic diarrhea, n (%)					0.004b
Yes	37 (6.18)	37 (6.16)	52 (8.67)	66 (11.00)
No	562 (93.82)	564 (93.84)	548 (91.33)	534 (89.00)
Chronic constipation, n (%)					0.806
Yes	53 (8.85)	49 (8.15)	44 (7.33)	47 (7.83)
No	546 (91.15)	552 (91.85)	556 (92.67)	553 (92.17)

^aP < 0.05.

^bP < 0.01.

^cP < 0.001.