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. 2023 Sep 6;3:119. doi: 10.1038/s43856-023-00353-2

Table 2.

Area-under-the-curve (AUC) values at 10 years for the various anthropometric measures in predicting liver-related outcomes.

All Men Women
10-year AUC (95% CI) Pa 10-year AUC (95% CI) Pa 10-year AUC (95% CI) Pa
Waist-hip ratio 0.714 (0.685–0.743) 0.697 (0.489–0.905) 0.679 (0.464–0.895)
Waist circumference 0.648 (0.617–0.679) <0.001 0.640 (0.445–0.835) 0.002 0.611 (0.414–0.808) 0.02
Body mass index (linear) 0.550 (0.514–0.585) <0.001 0.568 (0.392–0.745) <0.001 0.568 (0.380–0.757) 0.02
Body mass index (non-linear) 0.598 (0.557–0.640) <0.001 0.619 (0.570–0.667) 0.006 0.573 (0.495–0.651) 0.02

Analyses are by Fine-Gray regression considering death without liver outcomes as a competing-risk event.

aCompared to the waist-hip ratio.