Table 2.
Area-under-the-curve (AUC) values at 10 years for the various anthropometric measures in predicting liver-related outcomes.
All | Men | Women | ||||
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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.