Table 3. Receiver-operating characteristic curves for the sensitivity and the specificity of FRS, MS score, weight, BMI, waist circumference, EAT, age and CRP to detect the presence of carotid plaque.

Parameters	AUC	SE	p	95% CI
Age	0.680	0.064	0.009	0.555-0.804
Weight	0.488	0.081	0.862	0.329-0.648
BMI	0.483	0.070	0.805	0.346-0.620
Waist circumference	0.558	0.071	0.397	0.418-0.698
CRP	0.598	0.068	0.154	0.465-0.731
EAT	0.730	0.060	0.001	0.613-0.847
FRS	0.753	0.049	0.000	0.656-0.849
MS score	0.552	0.067	0.454	0.419-0.684

AUC, area under the curve; BMI, body mass index; CI, confidence interval. CRP, C-reactive protein; EAT, epicardial adipose tissue; FRS, Framingham risk score; MS score, metabolic syndrome score; SE, standard error.