Sex-specific performance of composite metabolic-adiposity indices in identifying hypertension and carotid atherosclerosis: a cross-sectional study of 154,873 Chinese adults
Xiaoqian Dong, Xue He, Yinglong Duan, Sha Wang, Xingxing Wang, Nandan Chen, Zitong Lu, Ying Li, Lijun Li, Honglian Zhang · 2026
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Dong and a large team compare blood-and-body risk scores in 2026 for spotting high blood pressure and neck artery plaque across 154,873 Chinese adults who had checkups with carotid ultrasound. The base score, TyG, mixes blood triglycerides and glucose, and the study pits it against versions blended with waist size, waist-to-height ratio, and body mass index. Participants averaged about 46 years old, and 10.5 percent had hypertension while 52.5 percent had carotid plaque.
The waist-to-height blend won overall, with the top quarter of scorers carrying 8.644 times the hypertension odds and 2.173 times the plaque odds of the bottom quarter. Sex split the verdict for plaque, since the waist-to-height blend was strongest in women while in men plain TyG ran inverse and only the body-mass blend held a positive link. Effects ran stronger in adults under 60, and the authors pitch the cheap scores for primary care screening.
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| CREATOR | Xiaoqian Dong, Xue He, Yinglong Duan, Sha Wang, Xingxing Wang, Nandan Chen, Zitong Lu, Ying Li, Lijun Li, Honglian Zhang |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 64 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |