Long-term Burden and Increasing Trends of Body Mass Index Are Linked with Adult Hypertension through Triglyceride-Glucose Index: A 30-year prospective cohort study

Insulin resistance (IR) has previously been associated with hypertension, and obesity is a risk factor for IR and hypertension. There is likely an association between body mass index (BMI) and risk for hypertension through the triglyceride-glucose (TyG) index but this relationship remains uncharacterized.