Review Article

Diagnostic Accuracy of the Triglyceride and Glucose Index for Insulin Resistance: A Systematic Review

Table 2

Summary of the reference test.

StudyReference testIR definitionIR cutoff value

Guerrero-Romero, [10]HIECM rate (insulin 40 μU/min/m2)2.8 insulin 40 mg/min/kg
Junqueira-Vasques, [11]HCNRNR
Bastard, [4]HIECM rate (insulin 75 μU/min/m2)11.56 mg/min/kgFFM
Guerrero-Romero, [12]HIECM rate (insulin 40 μU/min/m2)2.8 insulin mg/min/kg
Qu, [13]HIECM rate (insulin 1 mU/kg/min)6.28 mg/min/kg
Almeda-Valdés, [5]HIECM rate (insulin 50 mU/min/m2)6.39 mg/min/kgFFM
Simental-Mendía, [7]HOMA-IRPrevious literature≥2.8
Du, [14]HOMA-IR>75th percentile3.5
Lee, [15]HOMA-IR>75th percentile2.52
Er, [16]HOMA-IR>75th percentile2.43
Guerrero-Romero, [12]HOMA-IRNot specified≥2.9
Mazidi, [17]HOMA-IRNot specified≥2.5
Thota, [18]HOMA-IRNot specifiedNR
Lim, [19]HOMA-IR>75th percentileNR
Dorota-Łojko, [20]HOMA-IRPrevious literature≥2.0
Salazar, [21]HOMA-2IR≥2.0≥2.0

IR: insulin resistance; HC: hyperglycemic clamp; HIEC: hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamp; FFM: free-fat mass; NR: not reported; M = male; F = female; PreF = premenopausal female; PF = postmenopausal female.