Research Article

Triglyceride/High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Ratio Is Associated with In-Hospital Mortality in Acute Type B Aortic Dissection

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of the cohort ().

CharacteristicsTotalTG/HDL-c ratio (mmol/L) (quartiles) value
Q1 (<0.71)Q2 (0.71-1.12)Q3 (1.13-1.87)Q4 (>1.89)

523131130131131
Age (years)<0.001
Female82 (15.68%)29 (22.14%)25 (19.23%)17 (12.98%)11 (8.40%)0.010
BMI (kg/cm2)0.291
SBP0.134
DBP0.312
Smoking209 (39.96%)42 (32.06%)46 (35.38%)53 (40.46%)68 (51.91%)0.006
DM25 (4.78%)9 (6.87%)2 (1.54%)11 (8.40%)3 (2.29%)0.020
Hypertension386 (73.80%)85 (64.89%)90 (69.23%)99 (75.57%)112 (85.50%)<0.001
Stroke16 (3.06%)8 (6.11%)2 (1.54%)4 (3.05%)2 (1.53%)0.104
Atherosclerosis51 (9.75%)11 (8.40%)10 (7.69%)12 (9.16%)18 (13.74%)0.345
MFS5 (0.96%)1 (0.77%)1 (0.77%)2 (1.53%)1 (0.77%)0.529
CRI16 (3.06%)1 (0.76%)4 (3.08%)7 (5.34%)4 (3.05%)0.201
WBC (×109/L)0.401
PLT (×109/L)<0.001
Hb (g/L)0.923
ALT (u/L)19.95 (13.50-33.38)16.60 (11.45-24.55)18.50 (13.03-28.70)23.30 (14.33-34.92)25.80 (16.10-51.30)<0.001
AST (u/L)19.50 (15.15-28.60)20.10 (15.75-26.15)18.20 (14.85-25.00)18.85 (14.85-26.28)22.45 (15.30-37.80)0.121
Cr (umol/L)79.10 (65.45-103.88)72.30 (59.90-88.20)74.70 (63.30-102.20)76.20 (63.40-104.05)92.50 (73.50-122.20)<0.001
UA (mmol/L)0.031
TnT (pg/mL)7.83 (4.50-14.02)7.17 (4.59-9.68)7.46 (4.83-11.98)6.99 (3.66-13.57)9.87 (5.53-21.50)0.001
TG (mmol/L)<0.001
HDL-c (mmol/L)<0.001
Operation0.003
 No117 (22.37%)37 (28.24%)14 (10.77%)32 (24.43%)34 (25.95%)
 Yes406 (77.63%)94 (71.76%)116 (89.23%)99 (75.57%)97 (74.05%)
Mortality<0.001
 Survivor490 (93.69%)129 (98.47%)126 (96.92%)121 (92.37%)114 (87.02%)
 Nonsurvivor33 (6.31%)2 (1.53%)4 (3.08%)10 (7.63%)17 (12.98%)

Abbreviations: BMI: body mass index; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastole blood pressure; WBC: white blood cells count; PLT: platelet count; Hb: hemoglobin; ALT: alanine transaminase; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; Cr: creatinine; UA: uric acid; TnT: troponin T; DM: diabetes mellitus; MFS: Marfan syndrome; CRI: chronic renal insufficiency; TG: triglyceride; HDL-c: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol.