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Associations among fasting blood glucose (FBG), HbA1c, lipid variables, TG\/HDL, TyG, and TyG-BMI were assessed using Spearman correlation analysis. Linear and logistic regression models were applied to identify factors related to TG\/HDL and elevated TG\/HDL (\u22653.5). Receiver operating characteristic analysis evaluated marker performance for poor glycemic control. Results: HbA1c showed more consistent associations with atherogenic lipid indices than FBG. TyG demonstrated the strongest association with glycemic status and the highest discriminatory performance for HbA1c \u2265 7%. In adjusted analyses, HbA1c and BMI remained independently associated with higher TG\/HDL and increased odds of TG\/HDL. Conclusions: HbA1c was more strongly associated with atherogenic lipid abnormalities than FBG. Among the evaluated lipid-related indices, TG\/HDL and TyG showed the closest relationships with glycemic status, while TyG demonstrated the highest ability to discriminate poor glycemic control.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/medsci14020302","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,11]],"date-time":"2026-06-11T06:57:17Z","timestamp":1781161037000},"page":"302","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Correlation Between Fasting Blood Glucose and Serum Lipid Profile and Lipid Ratios in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Southern Thailand: A Cross-Sectional Study"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9187-195X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Naparat","family":"Sukkriang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Medicine, Walailak University, Nakhon Si Thammarat 80160, Thailand"},{"name":"Walailak University Hospital, Nakhon Si Thammarat 80160, Thailand"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Suttida","family":"Sangpoom","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Center of Excellence in Data Science for Health Science, Division of Mathematics and Statistics, School of Science, Walailak University, Nakhon Si Thammarat 80160, Thailand"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sumet","family":"Khumphairan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Mathematics, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,11]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"177","DOI":"10.1186\/s12955-019-1246-2","article-title":"Demographic and clinical predictors of health-related quality of life among people with type 2 diabetes mellitus living in northern Thailand: A cross-sectional study","volume":"17","author":"Khunkaew","year":"2019","journal-title":"Health Qual. 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