Associations between Triglyceride-Glucose Index and Micro- and Macro-angiopathies in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Nutrients. 2020 Jan 26;12(2):328. doi: 10.3390/nu12020328.

Hsuan Chiu¹, Hui-Ju Tsai^{2

3

4}, Jiun-Chi Huang^{5

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7}, Pei-Yu Wu^{5

7}, Wei-Hao Hsu^{7

8}, Mei-Yueh Lee^{6

8}, Szu-Chia Chen^{4

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7}

¹ School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, 80708, Taiwan.
² Department of Family Medicine, Kaohsiung Municipal Ta-Tung Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, 80708, Taiwan.
³ Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, 80708, Taiwan.
⁴ Research Center for Environmental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, 80708, Taiwan.
⁵ Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, 80708, Taiwan.
⁶ Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, 80708, Taiwan.
⁷ Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Municipal Siaogang Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, 80708, Taiwan.
⁸ Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, 80708, Taiwan.

Abstract

Keywords: triglyceride-glucose index; microangiopathy; macroangiopathy; type 2 diabetes mellitus.