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Published in final edited form as: Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 2010 Mar 20;21(8):553–560. doi: 10.1016/j.numecd.2009.12.009

Table 5.

Comparison of metabolic abnormalities and the ability to predict top tertile of steady-state plasma glucose concentrations

Women (n=275) Men (n=204)
Variables PPV PLR(95%CI) NLR(95%CI) PPV PLR(95%CI) NLR(95%CI)
FPG ≥ 5.55 mmol/L 58% 2.36(1.68–3.31) 0.62(0.51–0.76) 46% 1.33(0.94–1.88) 0.83(0.68–1.02)
WC ≥ 88 cm women; ≥ 102 cm men 43% 1.27(1.14–1.43) 0.34(0.18–0.63) 53% 1.71(1.37–2.14) 0.39(0.25–0.61)
BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2 women; ≥ 30 kg/m2 men 41% 1.18(1.10–1.25) 0.00 55% 1.87(1.45–2.43) 0.45(0.31–0.65)
SBP ≥ 130 mmHg 42% 1.23(0.83–1.83) 0.93(0.81–1.06) 48% 1.44(1.04–2.00) 0.77(0.61–0.96)
TG ≥ 1.70 mmol/L 60% 2.62(1.68–4.07) 0.73(0.62–0.85) 52% 1.66(1.22–2.25) 0.65(0.50–0.85)
HDL-C < 1.30 mmol/L women; < 1.04 mmol/L men 49% 1.67(1.33–2.11) 0.56(0.42–0.74) 48% 1.41(1.10–1.81) 0.65(0.47–0.89)
FPG and TG 72% 4.52(2.08–9.83) 0.83(0.75–0.92) 57% 2.07(1.13–3.79) 0.85(0.75–0.97)
FPG and HDL-C 70% 4.06(2.28–7.22) 0.73(0.64–0.84) 55% 1.86(1.1–3.14) 0.83(0.72–0.97)
WC and TG 65% 3.26(1.98–5.38) 0.72(0.62–0.84) 62% 2.56(1.66–3.96) 0.64(0.52–0.80)
HDL-C and TG 64% 3.10(1.73–5.55) 0.80(0.71–0.90) 54% 1.82(1.21–2.73) 0.75(0.62–0.91)
BMI and TG 63% 2.98(1.87–4.73) 0.71(0.61–0.83) 63% 2.61(1.59–4.27) 0.71(0.59–0.85)
ATPIII criteria MS 63% 2.93(2.12–4.05) 0.48(0.37–0.62) 56% 1.98(1.49–2.63) 0.48(0.34–0.67)
FPG and WC 62% 2.81(1.92–4.13) 0.62(0.51–0.75) 56% 1.95(1.22–3.13) 0.78(0.66–0.93)
FPG and BMI 60% 2.56(1.80–3.64) 0.61(0.50–0.74) 60% 2.33(1.32–4.10) 0.80(0.69–0.93)
FPG and SBP 59% 2.52(1.30–4.88) 0.88(0.80–0.96) 44% 1.24(0.68–2.25) 0.95(0.85–1.07)
SBP and TG 57% 2.24(1.02–4.92) 0.92(0.86–1.00) 54% 1.79(1.04–3.10) 0.86(0.75–0.98)
SBP and HDL-C 54% 2.03(1.11–3.69) 0.89(0.81–0.98) 57% 2.02(1.21–3.36) 0.80(0.69–0.94)
BMI and HDL-C 52% 1.89(1.48–2.42) 0.52(0.39–0.69) 63% 2.61(1.67–4.07) 0.65(0.53–0.80)
WC and HDL-C 52% 1.88(1.44–2.45) 0.58(0.46–0.75) 64% 2.71(1.79–4.11) 0.59(0.47–0.74)
WC and SBP 48% 1.62(1.05–2.49) 0.86(0.76–0.98) 59% 2.25(1.42–3.59) 0.73(0.61–0.88)
BMI and SBP 43% 1.29(0.86–1.94) 0.91(0.80–1.04) 65% 2.83(1.68–4.76) 0.71(0.59–0.85)