Table 2.
Summary estimates of the fatty liver index in identifying non-alcoholic fatty liver disease according to the lower and the higher cut-off.
| Cut-Off | Number of Subjects (Number of Studies) | Prevalence of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (95% CI) | Sensitivity (95% CI) | Specificity (95% CI) | Positive Predictive Value (95% CI) | Negative Predictive Value (95% CI) | Likelihood Ratio for Positive Results (95% CI) |
Likelihood Ratio for Negative Results (95% CI) |
Diagnostic Odds Ratio (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <30 | 26,838 (9) | 32 (29 to 35) | 81 (71 to 88) | 65 (52 to 76) | 53 (45 to 61) | 84 (80 to 89) | 2.32 (1.82 to 2.95) | 0.30 (0.24 to 0.38) | 7.83 (5.80 to 10.57) |
| ≥60 | 27,176 (10) | 32 (29 to 35) | 44 (33 to 55) | 90 (84 to 94) | 67 (57 to 74) | 76 (72 to 81) | 4.29 (30.4 to 6.05) | 0.59 (0.50 to 0.69) | 7.25 (5.03 to 10.45) |
95% CI, 95% confidence interval.