Table 4.
Areas under the receiver operating characteristic curves, 95%CI, best threshold, sensitivity and specificity for ALT, AST and GGT identifies NAFLD risk for all participants, females and males.
AUC | 95%CI | Best threshold | Specificity | Sensitivity | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
All participants (N=14,251) | |||||
ALT | 0.83 | (0.82-0.84) | 19.50 | 0.74 | 0.77 |
AST | 0.69* | (0.68-0.70) | 19.50 | 0.72 | 0.56 |
GGT | 0.77* | (0.76-0.78) | 17.50 | 0.72 | 0.70 |
Female (N=6,840) | |||||
ALT | 0.77 | (0.74-0.79) | 17.50 | 0.80 | 0.59 |
AST | 0.63* | (0.61-0.66) | 18.50 | 0.72 | 0.47 |
GGT | 0.72* | (0.70-0.75) | 12.50 | 0.61 | 0.74 |
Male (N=7,411) | |||||
ALT | 0.79 | (0.78-0.80) | 23.50 | 0.75 | 0.69 |
AST | 0.67* | (0.66-0.68) | 20.50 | 0.71 | 0.54 |
GGT | 0.70* | (0.69-0.72) | 20.50 | 0.66 | 0.66 |
AUC, area under the receiver operating characteristic curve; CI, confidence interval; other abbreviations as in Table 1 .
*P<0.05, compare with ALT.