Abstract:Aim To investigate the correlation between levels of three novel insulin resistance (IR) indicators including metabolic score for insulin resistance (METS-IR), estimated glucose disposal rate (eGDR), triglyceride-glucose index combined with body mass index (TyG-BMI), and the occurrence of coronary heart disease(CHD) in middle-aged population. Methods A total of 533 middle-aged individuals who were hospitalized in the Department of Cardiology of Liuzhou People's Hospital from January 2015 to December 2022 and underwent coronary angiography were enrolled as the research subjects. They were divided into CHD group (241 cases) and control group (292 cases) according to the results of coronary angiography. The general data and laboratory examination indicators of the subjects were collected, and METS-IR, eGDR, TyG-BMI were calculated using relevant formulas. Bivariate Spearman correlation, multivariate Logistic regression, and restricted cubic spline plots were used to analyze the correlation between levels of various IR indicators and the occurrence of CHD in middle-aged population. Subgroup analysis and interaction tests were conducted to examine differences in the main results among different people. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used to evaluate the value of various IR indicators in predicting the occurrence of CHD in middle-aged population. ResultsMETS-IR, TyG-BMI were higher in CHD group than those in control group, while eGDR was lower than that in control group (P<0.05). The Spearman correlation analysis results showed positive correlations between METS-IR, TyG-BMI and CHD (r=0.312 and 0.267, respectively; all P<0.001), and negative correlation between eGDR and CHD in middle-aged population (r=-0.275, P<0.001). Multivariate Logistic regression analysis showed that whether as continuous or categorical variable, METS-IR, eGDR, TyG-BMI were independent influencing factors for CHD in middle-aged population (P<0.001). Compared with the lowest quartile group, the risk of CHD in 2nd, 3rd, and 4th quartile groups of METS-IR increased by 2.286-fold (OR:3.6,5%CI:1.823~5.924), 2.061-fold (OR:3.1,5%CI:1.670~5.609), and 4.646-fold (OR:5.6,5%CI:3.018~10.563) respectively; the risk of CHD in 4th quartile group of eGDR decreased 79.2% (OR:0.8,5%CI:0.114~0.379); the risk of CHD in 2nd, 3rd, and 4th quartile groups of TyG-BMI increased by 1.579-fold (OR:2.9,5%CI:1.438~4.625), 2.155-fold (OR:3.5,5%CI:1.761~5.655), and 3.142-fold (OR:4.2,5%CI:2.317~7.407) respectively. The restricted cubic spline plots revealed that, after adjusting for confounding factors, METS-IR, TyG-BMI levels were positively nonlinearly correlated with CHD (P for overall<0.001, P for nonlinearity=0.002 and 0.043, respectively), while eGDR level was negatively nonlinearly correlated with CHD (P for overall<0.001, P for nonlinearity=0.010). Subgroup analysis showed that the association between various IR indicators and CHD were basically consistent in population other than those with overweight/obesity, diabetes and hypertension. ROC curve analysis showed that the areas under the curve (AUC) of METS-IR, eGDR, TyG-BMI combined with clinical factors in predicting CHD were 0.746 (95%CI:0.704~0.788, P<0.001), 0.750(95%CI:0.709~0.792, P<0.001) and 0.742 (95%CI:0.700~0.784, P<0.001) respectively. Conclusion The levels of METS-IR, eGDR, and TyG-BMI are independently associated with the occurrence of CHD in middle-aged population. All three indicators have certain predictive value for CHD and can serve as relatively ideal indicators for predicting CHD.