It is time to standardize the TyG index

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  1. Department of Physical Education, Center of Health Sciences, State University of Maringa, Maringa, Parana, Brazil

    Caroline Ferraz Simões, João Carlos Locatelli, Gustavo Henrique de Oliveira & Wendell Arthur Lopes

  2. Research Group on Systemic Arterial Hypertension, Arterial Stiffness and Vascular Aging (GPHARV), Maringa, Parana, Brazil

    Caroline Ferraz Simões, João Carlos Locatelli, Gustavo Henrique de Oliveira & Wendell Arthur Lopes

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Simões, C.F., Locatelli, J.C., de Oliveira, G.H. et al. It is time to standardize the TyG index. Endocrine 71, 522–523 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12020-020-02448-5

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