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. 2021 Feb 23;19(2):76–82. doi: 10.1089/met.2020.0092

Table 2.

The Areas Under the Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve for Each Parameter for Identifying Metabolic Syndrome

Variable AUC 95% CI P
All participants
 WHtR 0.791 0.752–0.827 <0.001
 TyG index 0.796 0.757–0.831 <0.001
 TyG-BMI 0.838 0.802–0.870 <0.001
 TyG-WC 0.858 0.823–0.888 <0.001
 TyG-WHpR 0.771 0.730–0.808 <0.001
 TyG-WHtR 0.863 0.828–0.892 <0.001
Men
 WHtR 0.810 0.743–0.866 <0.001
 TyG index 0.892 0.836–0.934 <0.001
 TyG-BMI 0.897 0.841–0.938 <0.001
 TyG-WC 0.919 0.867–0.955 <0.001
 TyG-WHpR 0.859 0.798–0.907 <0.001
 TyG-WHtR 0.909 0.856–0.947 <0.001
Women
 WHtR 0.766 0.714–0.812 <0.001
 TyG index 0.775 0.724–0.821 <0.001
 TyG-BMI 0.810 0.761–0.853 <0.001
 TyG-WC 0.838 0.791–0.877 <0.001
 TyG-WHpR 0.781 0.730–0.826 <0.001
 TyG-WHtR 0.836 0.789–0.876 <0.001

AUC, area under curve; CI, confidence interval; WHtR, waist-to height ratio; TyG-BMI, product of TyG and body mass index; TyG-WC, product of TyG and waist circumference; TyG-WHpR, product of TyG and waist-to-hip ratio; TyG-WHtR, product of TyG and waist-to height ratio.