Table 3. Values for cutoff points for the triglycerides/glucose index (TyG) for insulin resistance, with sensitivity and specificity, according to sex and age group.

	TyG cutoff	Sensitivity (95% CI)	Specificity (95% CI)	AUC (95% CI)	Youden
Total	≥7.94	75.0 (61.1-86.0)	50.5 (44.9-56.0)	0.64 (0.59-0.69) **	0.2546
Male	≥7.91	92.9 (66.1-99.8)	51.0 (42.8-59.1)	0.75 (0.67-0.81) **	0.4384
Female	≥7.94	71.1 (54.1-84.6)	48.3 (40.6-56.0)	0.59 (0.52-0.66)	0.1931
10-12 years	≥8.07	60.9 (38.5-80.3)	67.5 (59.7-74.7)	0.64 (0.57-0.71) **	0.2837
13-14 years	≥8.48	35.3 (14.2-61.7)	91.3 (83.6-96.2)	0.63 (0.53-0.72)	0.2660
15-17 years	≥7.93	83.3 (51.6-97.9)	49.3 (37.4-61.3)	0.65 (0.54-0.75) *	0.3265

TyG: triglyceride/glucose index; CI: confidence interval; AUC: area under the curve.

DeLong et al. test (1988), Youden index-defined cutoff points.

^*p < 0.05.

^**p < 0.001.