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. 2021 Nov 14;20:161. doi: 10.1186/s12944-021-01594-7

Table 4.

Areas under the receiver operating characteristic curves for TyG-BMI, TyG index and BMI in identifying pre-diabetes

AUROC 95% CI low 95% CI upp Best threshold Specificity Sensitivity
WHO
 TyG-BMI 0.7090 0.7015 0.7165 200.0325 0.5913 0.7243
 TyG index 0.6897 0.6817 0.6977 8.5305 0.6314 0.6573
 BMI 0.6782 0.6703 0.6860 23.6950 0.5865 0.6785
ADA
 TyG-BMI 0.6530 0.6480 0.6580 193.4081 0.5657 0.6625
 TyG index 0.6357 0.6306 0.6409 8.3711 0.5727 0.6319
 BMI 0.6325 0.6274 0.6375 22.7950 0.5101 0.6870

Abbreviations: AUROC Areas under the receiver operating characteristic curves, BMI body mass index, TyG index triglyceride glucose index, TyG-BMI triglyceride glucose-body mass index, ADA American Diabetes Association, WHO World Health Organization