Fig. 2

RCS curves were employed to illustrate the correlation between TyG-related indices and all-cause mortality in MASLD patients with prediabetes or diabetes, adjusting for factors such as age, sex, ethnicity, family income ratio, marital status, education level, smoking, and FIB-4. A TyG index; B TyG-BMI index; C TyG-WHtR index; D TyG-WWI index; E TyG-WC index. Abbreviations: MASLD, Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease; TyG, Triglyceride-glucose; BMI, Body mass index; WHtR, Waist-height ratio; WWI, Weight-adjusted waist index; WC, waist circumference; RCS, Restricted cubic spline; FIB-4, Fibrosis-4 index.