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Table 3 Comparison of the study’s mean TyG index with the indices of other populations

From: Profiling triglyceride-glucose index in Filipinos with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a single-center study

TyG index of current study

Author and publication year

Country

TyG index  Mean ± SD

p-valuea

p-valueb

9.15 ± 0.71

Chamroonkiadtikun et al. [6]

Thailand

9.02 ± 0.42

0.06

0.09

Hameed [15]

Iraq

9.46 ± 0.68

< 0.001*

< 0.001*

Pan et al. [32]

China

9:20 ± 0:78

0.51

0.47

Timalsina [39]

Nepal

9.40 + 0.66

0.003*

0.004*

  1. a assuming equal variances, b assuming unequal variances
  2. *p-value below 0.05 is considered significant