Table 4.

Predictive value of AC and AIP for the incidence of hypertension according to BMI, age, gender, AST and ALT.

		AUC	95%CI	p–value
BMI < 23 kg/m2	AC	0.607	0.598–0.616	<0.001
	AIP	0.503	0.494–0.512	0.550
BMI ≥23 kg/m2	AC	0.541	0.536–0.547	<0.001
	AIP	0.496	0.491–0.502	0.181
Age < 60 years	AC	0.612	0.607–0.618	<0.001
	AIP	0.515	0.510–0.521	<0.001
Age ≥60 years	AC	0.527	0.518–0.536	<0.001
	AIP	0.509	0.500–0.518	0.04
Male	AC	0.545	0.540–0.551	<0.001
	AIP	0.496	0.490–0.502	0.148
Female	AC	0.667	0.659–0.674	<0.001
	AIP	0.517	0.509–0.525	<0.001
AST < 40U/L	AC	0.596	0.589–0.603	<0.001
	AIP	0.511	0.504–0.518	0.004
AST ≥40U/L	AC	0.558	0.531–0.584	<0.001
	AIP	0.516	0.488–0.544	0.263
ALT < 40U/L	AC	0.613	0.608–0.618	<0.001
	AIP	0.511	0.506–0.516	<0.001
ALT ≥40U/L	AC	0.530	0.519–0.542	<0.001
	AIP	0.502	0.490–0.514	0.763

AUC, area under curve; CI, confidence interval; AC, atherogenic coefficient; AIP, atherogenic risk of plasma; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; BMI, body mass index.