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. 2021 Jul 28;20:77. doi: 10.1186/s12944-021-01506-9

Table 5.

Results of the receiver operating characteristic curve analyses of TyG-BMI and TyG-WC for predicting NAFLD in subgroups of age and BMI

AUC 95%CI low 95%CI upp Best threshold Specificity Sensitivity
TyG-BMI
 Age (years)
   > 60 0.8247 0.7778 0.8715 196.7369 0.7956 0.7531
  46–60 0.8440 0.8311 0.8569 196.4398 0.7978 0.7271
  31–45 0.9090 0.9015 0.9164 189.6580 0.8057 0.8714
  18–30 0.9258 0.8908 0.9608 172.4438 0.7599 0.9268
 BMI (kg/m2)
   ≥ 28 0.7150 0.6696 0.7604 254.8981 0.7296 0.6000
   ≥ 24, < 28 0.7070 0.6876 0.7264 216.5987 0.7008 0.5998
   < 24 0.8457 0.8335 0.8579 178.0661 0.7658 0.7776
TyG-WC
 Age (years)
   > 60 0.7942 0.7439 0.8445 685.9048 0.7537 0.7037
  46–60 0.8426 0.8298 0.8554 666.8453 0.7436 0.7818
  31–45 0.9080 0.9006 0.9154 625.1197 0.7995 0.8621
  18–30 0.9393 0.9110 0.9676 619.1378 0.8493 0.9024
 BMI (kg/m2)
   ≥ 28 0.7346 0.6891 0.7800 806.3716 0.7547 0.6186
   ≥ 24, < 28 0.7099 0.6906 0.7292 711.0072 0.6313 0.6988
   < 24 0.8528 0.8413 0.8643 620.9366 0.7500 0.8153

Abbreviations: AUC area under the curve; other abbreviations as in Table 1