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. 2010 Feb 3;2:11. doi: 10.1186/1758-5996-2-11

Table 2.

Cut-off analysis

Cut-off Sensitivity
(%)
Specificity
(%)
PPV
(%)
HOMA-IR
2.0 71.6 45.6 63.1
3.0 56.7 59.6 64.6
4.0 45.9 73.7 69.4
5.0 32.4 84.2 72.7
5.5 29.7 89.5 78.6
6.0 25.7 92.9 82.6
7.0 20.2 92.9 78.9
TG/HDLc
2.0 85.1 24.1 58.8
3.0 59.4 53.4 62.0
4.0 47.3 68.9 66.0
5.0 32.4 81.0 68.6
6.0 20.2 86.2 65.2
7.0 16.2 93.0 75.0
8.0 16.2 94.8 80.0
8,5 16.2 96.5 85.7
HOMA-IR × TG/HDLc
4 (p25) 80.8 29.8 59.6
10 (p50) 57.5 59.6 64.6
24 (p75) 34.2 85.9 75.7
28 (p80) 30.1 94.7 88.0

Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), for different cut-off values of homeostatic model assessment (HOMA-IR), Triglyceride/HDLc index (TG/HDLc) and the product [HOMA-IR×TG/HDLc].