Modified triglyceride-glucose indices as novel predictors of metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease in US adolescents: a nationally representative study from NHANES 2017–2020

Table 4 Interaction of TyG index, modified TyG index and CAP in adolescents with or without obesity

Variables	Without obesity (n = 406)		With obesity (n = 126)		P for interaction
Variables	β (95%CI)	P value	β (95%CI)	P value	P for interaction
TyG—index	2.19 (− 11.20 ~ 15.57)	0.711	− 0.22 (− 42.78 ~ 42.35)	0.985	0.208
TyG-BMI	0.33 (0.19 ~ 0.48)	< 0.001	0.26 (− 0.19 ~ 0.72)	0.132	0.166
TyG-WC	0.16 (0.12 ~ 0.21)	< 0.001	0.11 (− 0.04 ~ 0.26)	0.085	0.079
TyG-WHR	12.80 (5.11 ~ 20.49)	0.006	7.76 (− 23.55 ~ 39.06)	0.398	0.192
TyG-WHtR	20.31 (11.79 ~ 28.82)	< 0.001	18.24 (− 9.12 ~ 45.61)	0.103	0.132

TyG Triglyceride to glucose index; BMI Body Mass Index; WC waist circumference; WHR waist-to-hip ratio; WHtR waist-to-height ratio; Each stratification was fully adjusted

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