To assess the robustness of the observed association between the TyGI and PAD, subgroup analyses were conducted by stratifying the population based on several covariates, including age, sex, BMI, smoking, alcohol consumption, hypertension, diabetes, ALT, NEUT, LDL, and TC while adjusting for other relevant covariates not used for stratification (Table 4). The gene discussed is GPT; the disease is diabetes mellitus.