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. 2016 Oct 1;10(10):OC01–OC05. doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2016/18929.8593

[Table/Fig-7]:

Area under the ROC Curves of the variables for the prediction of having CHD as per gender.

Gender Variables AUC S.E. p-value Cut-off
value at
maximum J
Male (n=70) LDL/HDL .976** .022 .000 ≥4.97
TC/HDL .968** .021 .000 ≥7.14
LDL (mg/dl) .949** .027 .000 ≥171
TC (mg/dl) .944** .027 .000 ≥242.5
HDL (mg/dl) .925** .032 .000 ≤35.5
VLDL (mg/dl) .888** .041 .000 ≥39.5
TG (mg/dl) .773** .070 .004 ≥105
Total Oil Consumed (L/month) .672 .103 .072 ≥1.745
Total Ghee Consumed (Kg/month) .650 .073 .116 ≤1.435
Female (n=67) LDL/HDL .989** .010 .000 ≥5.01
TC/HDL .977** .018 .000 ≥6.755
LDL (mg/dl) .968** .020 .000 ≥154.5
TC (mg/dl) .948** .028 .000 ≥222
HDL (mg/dl) .910** .047 .000 ≤31.5
Total Oil Consumed (L/month) .748* .118 .024 ≥2.055
VLDL (mg/dl) .725* .108 .040 ≥35.5
TG (mg/dl) .720* .080 .044 ≥99.5
Total Ghee Consumed (Kg/month) .620 .089 .275 ≤1.435
Combined (n=137) LDL/HDL .981** .014 .000 ≥4.97
TC/HDL .972** .014 .000 ≥6.755
LDL (mg/dl) .957** .017 .000 ≥154.5
TC (mg/dl) .936** .021 .000 ≥222
HDL (mg/dl) .885** .030 .000 ≤35.5
VLDL (mg/dl) .823** .055 .000 ≥35.5
TG (mg/dl) .750** .052 .000 ≥99.5
Total Oil Consumed (L/month) .699** .078 .005 ≥1.745
Total Ghee Consumed (Kg/month) .630 .057 .069 ≤1.435

*p–value≤0.05: significant; **p–value≤0.01: highly significant. Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curve. AUC=Area under the ROC Curve, S.E.=Standard Error, and J=Youden Index (J=Sensitivity+Specificity-1).