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The Relationship between the Triglyceride-Glucose Index and Vitamin D Levels in American Adults
Ishwarlal Jialal1, *
Beverley Adams-Huet2
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Submitted: 16 Dec 2024 | Accepted: 28 Dec 2024 | Published: 1 Mar 2025

Abstract

The triglyceride-glucose (TyG) index is a cost-effective, reliable and validated measure of insulin resistance. Furthermore it is a promising biomarker of Metabolic Syndrome (MetS), Type-2 Diabetes (T2DM) and premature atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases (ASCVD). Although groups from numerous countries especially Asia have shown an inverse relationship between Vitamin D levels and the TyG index, there is a severe paucity of data by US investigators. Accordingly, in the present preliminary report we investigated the relationship between tertiles of TyG index and Vitamin D levels and also undertook correlations with relevant variables. The TyG index increased significantly over tertiles in the combined group of MetS (n = 41) and controls (n = 37). However there was no significant change in plasma Vitamin D levels over tertiles, p = 0.15. We show a modest but significant correlation between TyG and Vitamin D. In conclusion in this pilot study we failed to see a significant decrease in Vitamin D levels over increasing tertiles of the TyG index but showed a modest inverse correlation. Hence future studies with much larger sample sizes of American participants can settle this important issue.

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Jialal, I., & Adams-Huet, B. (2025). The Relationship between the Triglyceride-Glucose Index and Vitamin D Levels in American Adults. International Journal of Clinical and Translational Medicine, 1(1), 4. https://doi.org/10.53941/ijctm.2025.100004
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