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. 2018 Feb 16;24:3. doi: 10.1186/s40885-018-0088-2

Table 5.

Area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve in sickle cell anemia (SCA) patients with relative systemic hypertension (rHTN)

rHTN
Area SE 95% CI P
Age 0.580 0.093 0.397–0.762 0.371
Weight 0.708 0.102 0.509–0.908 0.019
BMI 0.512 0.084 0.368–0.776 0.324
WC 0.547 0.098 0.355–0.740 0.594
NC 0.809 0.069 0.673–0.944 0.001
Hb 0.561 0.084 0.396–0.725 0.495
Hct 0.703 0.079 0.547–0.858 0.023
Plasma viscosity 0.602 0.084 0.438–0.767 0.250
Blood viscosity 0.667 0.077 0.515–0.818 0.061
TyG index 0.644 0.085 0.478–0.810 0.105
TyG-BMI 0.580 0.110 0.364–0.795 0.371
TyG-WC 0.602 0.096 0.415–0.790 0.250

rHTN Relative systemic hypertension patients with blood pressure values ≥120/70 mmHg; BMI Body mass index; WC Waist circumference; NC Neck circumference; Hb Hemoglobin; Hct Hematocrit; TyG index The product of triglycerides and fasting glucose; TyG-BMI, TyG*BMI; TyG-WC, TyG*WC; SE Standard error; CI Confidence interval