Abstract:
Objective To explore the application value of triglyceride-glucose index (TyG) in assessing the prognosis of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) patients treated with alteplase (rt-PA) intravenous thrombolysis.
Methods A total of 122 AIS patients treated with rt-PA intravenous thrombolysis were collected. According to the modified Rankin scale (mRS) score after 3 months of follow-up, the patients were divided into the good prognosis group (70 cases, mRS ≤ 2 points) and poor prognosis group (52 cases, mRS > 2 points). According to the 3-month follow-up, the patients were divided into the survival group (107 cases) and death group (15 cases). ROC curve was used to evaluate the accuracy and specificity of TyG in predicting the prognosis of patients. The patients were divided into the high TyG group (59 cases) and low TyG group (63 cases) according to the best truncation value, and the relationship between TyG and clinical prognosis of patients was analyzed. The restricted cubic spline (RCS) curve was used to determine the variation trend of TyG and mRS score.
Results The TyG in the good prognosis group was significantly lower than that in poor prognosis group (P < 0.01). The TyG in the death group was significantly higher than that in survival group (P < 0.01). The results of multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that TyG was the independent influencing factor of poor prognosis and stroke-related death in AIS patients treated with intravenous thrombolysis (P < 0.01). The results of ROC curve analysis showed that the AUC, optimal cut-off value, sensitivity and specificity of TyG in predicting the poor clinical prognosis of AIS patients treated with intravenous thrombolysis for 3 months were 0.750, 7.325, 73.1% and 70.1%, respectively. The incidence of adverse prognosis and mortality in the high TyG group after 3 months were significantly higher than those in low TyG group (P < 0.01). The results of RCS curve showed that there was a nonlinear relationship between TyG and mRS score. When TyG < 7.325, the risk of poor prognosis slowly increased with the increase of TyG. When TyG > 7.325, the risk of poor prognosis rapidly increased with the increase of TyG.
Conclusions High level of TyG is associated with the poor prognosis of AIS patients treated with rt-PA intravenous thrombolysis.