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. 2018 Oct 27;10(10):695–701. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v10.i10.695

Table 2.

Cut-offs and areas under the ROC curve, sensitivity and specificity of anthropometric indicators to determine non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Ref. Indicator Total
Women
Men
AUC (95%CI) Cut-offs point Sens (%) Spec (%) AUC (95%CI) Cut-offs point Sens (%) Spec (%) AUC (95%CI) Cut-offs point Sens (%) Spec (%)
Yoo et al[14] WHtR 0.80 (0.74-0.86) 0.53 90 63 0.72 (0.63-0.81) 0.52 71 65
WC 0.79 (0.73-0.86) 84 84 62 0.74 (0.65-0.83) 89 75 64
Zheng et al[9] WHR 0.916 (0.86-0.97) 0.89 99 66
BMI 0.854 (0.78-0.93) 24.22 96 64
WC 0.876 (0.81-0.94) 82.5 95 68
WHtR 0.878 (0.82-0.94) 0.49 96 64
Ju et al[10] WC 0.821 (0.801-0.840) 80.395 0.759 (0.746-0.773) 84.945
BMI 0.83 (0.811-0.850) 22.715 0.76 (0.747-0.773) 24.465
Cuthbertson et al[8] LAP 0.78 (0.73-0.83) 0.77 (0.69-0.85) 0.74 (0.66-0.82)
Monteiro et al[16] WC 0.72 (0.636-0.804) 66.7 64 0.733 0.704 0.567 0.6
Zhang et al[17] WHtR 0.95 (0.94-0.96) 0.47 85.2 92.5
WC 0.94 (0.92-0.95) 801 86.2 87.4
BMI 0.93 (0.91-0.94) 801 86.2 87.6
Motamed et al[11] WHtR 0.8566 (0.8419-0.8714) 0.58 83.3 71.7 0.8457 (0.8320-0.8593) 0.533 82.7 70.8
BRI 0.8566 (0.8419-0.8714) 5 83.3 71.7 0.8457 (0.8320-0.8593) 4 82.7 70.8
WHR 0.7673 (0.7487-0.7860) 0.8018 (0.7862-0.8173)
ABSI 0.6598 (0.6382-0.6814) 0.6539 (0.6351-0.6727)
Özhan et al[18] WHtR 0.62 48.4 73.8
Lin et al[19] WHtR 0.80 (0.76-0.83) 0.469 70.1 76.9
WHR 0.755 (0.714-0.795)
1Lee et al[15] WC 0.847 101.5 93 80
Dai et al[20] LAP 0.887 (0.882-0.892) 23 82 79 0.843 (0.837-0.849) 30.5 77 75
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Data shown for white obese adolescents only. AUC: Area under ROC curve; Sens: Sensitivity; Spec: Specificity; WHtR: Waist-to-height ratio; WC: Waist circumference; WHR: Waist-to-hip ratio; BMI: Body mass index; LAP: Lipid accumulation product; BRI: Body roundness index; ABSI: Body shape index.