The triglyceride-glucose index is a predictor for cardiovascular and all-cause mortality in CVD patients with diabetes or pre-diabetes: evidence from NHANES 2001–2018

A U-shaped association was observed between the baseline TyG index with CVD and all-cause mortality in CVD patients with diabetes or pre-diabetes in a American population. The thresholds of 8.84 and 9.05 for CVD and all-cause mortality, respectively.