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. 2023 Apr 20;23:201. doi: 10.1186/s12872-023-03232-9

Table 3.

Cut-off between area under curve, sensitivity and specificity for obesity- and lipid-related indices to detect HTN by sex

N = 4423 WC BMI WHtR VAI ABSI BRI LAP CI CVAI TyG index TyG-BMI TyG-WC TyG -WHtR
Male
 Area under curve 0.583 0.565 0.593 0.548 0.569 0.593 0.579 0.586 0.590 0.572 0.582 0.592 0.601
 Std. Error 0.016 0.016 0.015 0.016 0.015 0.015 0.016 0.015 0.016 0.016 0.016 0.016 0.015
 95%CI 0.552,0.613 0.534,0.597 0.563,0.623 0.517,0.579 0.540,0.599 0.563,0.623 0.548,0.61 0.556,0.616 0.559,0.621 0.541,0.602 0.551,0.613 0.561,0.622 0.570,0.631
P-value 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.002 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
 Optimal cutoffs 84.250 22.221 0.501 2.849 8.120 3.371 23.533 1.237 94.912 8.485 193.330 716.537 4.335
 J-Youden 0.143 0.142 0.162 0.099 0.117 0.162 0.149 0.140 0.173 0.129 0.156 0.152 0.175
 Sensitivity (%) 50.20% 57.60% 63.60% 48.70% 65.80% 63.60% 47.60% 73.10% 50.40% 58.40% 53.30% 53.60% 58.20%
 Specificity (%) 64.10% 56.60% 52.60% 61.20% 45.90% 52.60% 67.30% 40.90% 66.90% 54.50% 62.30% 61.60% 59.30%
  ( +) Likelihood ratio 1.398 1.327 1.342 1.255 1.216 1.342 1.456 1.237 1.523 1.284 1.414 1.396 1.43
  (-) Likelihood ratio 0.777 0.749 0.692 0.838 0.745 0.692 0.779 0.658 0.741 0.763 0.750 0.753 0.705
Female
 Area under curve 0.598 0.575 0.609 0.559 0.563 0.609 0.594 0.589 0.633 0.568 0.589 0.608 0.617
 Std. Error 0.015 0.015 0.015 0.015 0.016 0.015 0.015 0.015 0.015 0.015 0.015 0.015 0.015
 95%CI 0.569,0.628 0.545,0.606 0.579,0.638 0.529,0.589 0.533,0.594 0.579,0.638 0.565,0.624 0.559,0.619 0.604,0.662 0.538,0.598 0.559,0.619 0.578,0.637 0.587,0.646
P-value 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
 Optimal cutoffs 86.650 23.962 0.548 3.970 8.611 4.295 24.697 1.307 99.405 8.293 219.635 736.702 4.781
 J-Youden 0.166 0.142 0.160 0.105 0.108 0.160 0.165 0.138 0.222 0.110 0.147 0.175 0.189
 Sensitivity (%) 50.40% 51.80% 59.50% 56.20% 34.60% 59.50% 72.50% 50.60% 61.60% 78.10% 40.20% 55.80% 58.10%
 Specificity (%) 66.20% 62.40% 56.50% 54.30% 76.20% 56.50% 44.00% 63.20% 60.60% 32.90% 74.50% 61.70% 60.80%
  ( +) Likelihood ratio 1.491 1.378 1.368 1.230 1.454 1.368 1.295 1.375 1.563 1.164 1.576 1.457 1.482
  (-) Likelihood ratio 0.749 0.772 0.717 0.807 0.858 0.717 0.625 0.782 0.634 0.666 0.803 0.716 0.689

WC Waist circumference, BMI Body mass index, WHtR Waist to height ratio, VAI Visceral adiposity index, ABSI A body shape index, BRI Body roundness index, LAP Lipid accumulation product, CVAI Chinese visceral adiposity index, CI Conicity index, TyG Triglyceride and glucose index, TyG-BMI TyG related to BMI, TyG-WC TyG related to WC, TyG-WHtR TyG related to WHtR