Table 1 Clinical characteristics of participants
From: Triglyceride-glucose index is a risk factor for breast cancer in China: a cross-sectional study
Variables | Overall | BC (+) | BC (-) | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
n | 2,588 | 477 | 2,111 | |
Age (years) | 42.17 ± 11.78 | 51.40 ± 10.68 | 40.09 ± 11.00 | < 0.001 |
Height (cm) | 159.7 ± 5.0 | 158.6 ± 5.1 | 160.0 ± 4.9 | < 0.001 |
Weight (kg) | 57.0 ± 8.2 | 58.4 ± 8.5 | 56.7 ± 8.1 | < 0.001 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 22.3 ± 3.0 | 23.2 ± 3.1 | 22.1 ± 3.0 | < 0.001 |
Underweight | 209 (8.08) | 16 (3.35) | 193 (9.14) | |
Normal | 1722 (66.54) | 293 (61.43) | 1429 (67.70) | |
Overweight | 541 (20.90) | 135 (28.30) | 406 (19.23) | |
Obese | 116 (4.48) | 33 (6.92) | 83 (3.93) | |
TG (mmol/L) | 1.23 ± 0.77 | 1.36 ± 0.74 | 1.21 ± 0.77 | < 0.001 |
TC (mmol/L) | 4.66 ± 0.97 | 4.93 ± 1.04 | 4.60 ± 0.94 | < 0.001 |
HDL-c (mmol/L) | 1.33 ± 0.47 | 1.33 ± 0.48 | 1.33 ± 0.47 | 0.839 |
LDL-c (mmol/L) | 2.80 ± 0.73 | 2.99 ± 0.77 | 2.75 ± 0.72 | < 0.001 |
BG (mmol/L) | 4.95 ± 0.80 | 5.14 ± 0.86 | 4.90 ± 0.78 | < 0.001 |
TyG index | 8.28 ± 0.57 | 8.44 ± 0.55 | 8.24 ± 0.57 | < 0.001 |
Q1 (6.88–7.87) | 655 (25.31) | 67 (14.05) | 588 (27.85) | |
Q2 (7.88–8.20) | 643 (24.85) | 110 (23.06) | 533 (25.25) | |
Q3 (8.21–8.62) | 651 (25.15) | 130 (27.25) | 521 (24.68) | |
Q4 (8.63–10.89) | 639 (24.69) | 170 (35.64) | 469 (22.22) | |
Smoking (%) | 46 (1.78) | 16 (3.35) | 30 (1.42) | 0.004 |
Alcohol (%) | 71 (2.74) | 20 (4.19) | 51 (2.42) | 0.032 |
Hypertension (%) | 261 (10.09) | 91 (19.08) | 170 (8.05) | < 0.001 |
Family history of cancer (%) | 409 (15.80) | 104 (21.80) | 305 (14.45) | < 0.001 |
Age at menarche (years) | 14.35 ± 1.67 | 14.78 ± 1.73 | 14.26 ± 1.64 | < 0.001 |
Hormonal contraception (%) | 20 (0.77) | 3 (0.63) | 17 (0.81) | 0.691 |