Triglyceride / high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio as a criterion of insulin resistance in hypertensive women

Abstract

Insulin resistance (IR) often accompanies and aggravates such pathological conditions as essential hypertension (EH), obesity and others. According to recent studies the ratio of triglyceride (TG) to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol level HDL-C (the TG/HDL-C index) may be used as an indirect criterion of metabolic syndrome and impaired insulin sensitivity. It is regarded as a simple method to identify patients with IR and higher cardiometabolic risk. The aim of present analysis was to study this index in population of women with EH and such carbohydrate disorders as prediabetes (PD) or type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).