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. 2012 Oct 1;11:117. doi: 10.1186/1475-2840-11-117

Table 6.

Association between ALT/AST ratio and insulin resistance (HOMA-IR ≥2.5) and HOMA-IR within selected subgroups

Stratified subgroups
N
HOMA-IR ≥2.5,%
ALT/AST ratio
      ROC curves AUC (95%CI) BMI-adjusted β (P-value) Multivariate-adjusted β (P-value)
Men Body mass index (kg/m2)
 
 
 
 
 
 Total
587
66 (11.2)
0.75 (0.68-0.81
0.253 (<0.001)
0.104 (0.016)
  <22.0
202
7 (3.5)
0.67 (0.44-0.89)
0.257 (<0.001)
0.141 (0.051)
  22.0-25.0
225
19 (8.4)
0.64 (0.51-0.77)
0.317 (<0.001)
0.166 (0.030)
  <25.0
427
26 (6.1)
0.67 (0.56-0.77)
0.274 (<0.001)
0.143 (0.004)
  ≥25.0
160
40 (25.0)
0.73 (0.63-0.82)
0.215 (0.005)
0.052 (0.600)
Women Body mass index (kg/m2)
 
 
 
 
 
 Total
755
101 (13.4)
0.75 (0.70-0.81)
0.197 (<0.001)
0.104 (0.002)
  <22.0
308
10 (3.2)
0.74 (0.62-0.87)
0.149 (0.008)
0.055 (0.334)
  22.0-25.0
263
26 (9.9)
0.71 (0.60-0.82)
0.250 (<0.001)
0.136 (0.039)
  <25.0
571
36 (6.3)
0.74 (0.65-0.82)
0.194 (<0.001)
0.092 (0.026)
  ≥25.0 184 65 (35.3) 0.68 (0.60-0.76) 0.231 (0.001) 0.176 (0.019)

Multivariate-adjusted for confounding factors in Table 4.