Table 5.

Areas Under the ROC Curve (AUC), Sensitivity and Specificity by the Optimized Cutoff Points for LHR and NHR in Predicting Metabolic Syndrome

Risk Factor	AUC (95% CI)	Cutoff According to Youden’s Index	Sensitivity (%)	Specificity (%)
Males (n=483)
LHR	0.656 (0.603–0.710)	1.96	58.6	67.1
NHR	0.665 (0.613–0.718)	3.38	50.0	73.6
Females (n=918)
LHR	0.752 (0.719–0.785)	1.36	80.9	56.5
NHR	0.704 (0.667–0.741)	2.31	59.9	71.8

Abbreviations: LHR, lymphocyte to high-density lipoprotein ratio; NHR, neutrophil to high-density lipoprotein ratio.