Table 4. Comparison of AUC of each component of metabolic syndrome and additional AST-to-ALT ratio model.

	Each component’s AUC (95% CI)	AST/ALT additional model AUC (95%CI) AUC (95% CI)	p-value
All subjects
Large waist circumference	0.569 (0.546–0.592)	0.641 (0.546–0.592)	<0.0001
High triglycerides	0.543 (0.521–0.564)	0.623 (0.591–0.654)	<0.0001
Low HDL cholesterol	0.537 (0.51–0.564)	0.615 (0.584–0.645)	<0.0001
High blood pressure	0.563 (0.536–0.59)	0.627 (0.597–0.657)	<0.0001
High blood glucose	0.549 (0.528–0.569)	0.639 (0.608–0.669)	<0.0001
5 components	0.715 (0.688–0.741)	0.732 (0.706–0.758)	0.0043

AUC, area under the ROC curve. P value is for the comparison of AUC between the model with each component of metabolic syndrome and the model with the addition of the AST-to-ALT ratio.