Association between triglyceride-glucose index and colorectal polyps: A retrospective cross-sectional study

Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the subjects according to colonoscopic findings

	Polyp-free	Colorectal polyps	P value vs polyp-free	Adenomatous polyps	P value vs polyp-free
n (%)	1349 (53.17)	1188 (46.83)		276
Male	680 (50.41)	772 (64.98)	< 0.001	170 (14.31)	< 0.001
Age (yr)	52.92 ± 15.49	55.87 ± 11.91	< 0.001	53.62 ± 12.70	< 0.449
WBC (× 109/L)	5.74 ± 2.00	5.74 ± 1.53	0.940	5.68 ± 1.43	0.235
ALT (U/L)	27.37 ± 50.07	24.96 ± 20.08	0.122	27.27 ± 20.16	< 0.001
AST (U/L)	25.12 ± 36.33	22.62 ± 11.14	0.023	23.24 ± 9.16	0.008
TG (mmol/L)	1.44 ± 1.25	1.64 ± 1.12	< 0.001	1.71 ± 1.37	0.001
TC (mmol/L)	4.29 ± 1.07	4.67 ± 0.96	< 0.001	4.59 ± 1.01	< 0.001
LDL-C (mmol/L)	2.62 ± 0.82	2.88 ± 0.77	< 0.001	2.82 ± 0.81	< 0.001
HDL-C (mmol/L)	1.33 ± 0.36	1.40 ± 0.31	< 0.001	1.39 ± 0.31	0.009
UA (mmol/L)	306.95 ± 90.30	332.52 ± 89.48	< 0.001	330.76 ± 88.24	< 0.001
GLU (mmol/L)	5.35 ± 1.32	5.46 ± 1.14	< 0.001	5.47 ± 1.06	0.002
TyG index	1.15 ± 0.62	1.32 ± 0.61	< 0.001	1.31 ± 0.69	< 0.001

ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; AST: Aspartate transaminase; TG: Triglycerides; TC: Total cholesterol; LDL-C: Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C: High-density lipoprotein cholesterol; UA: Uric acid; GLU: Glucose; TyG: Triglyceride-glucose.