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. 2022 Jul 29;9:918359. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.918359

TABLE 7.

Comparison of the predictive value of the TG/HDL-C ratio, TyG index, and METS-IR for predicting high GS.

Variables Sensitivity (%) Specificity (%) Cutoff value AUC (95% CI) p-value Comparison of AUC
Difference p-value
TG/HDL-C ratio 93.1 17.9 >1.6 0.563 (0.519–0.607) 0.006 –0.043 0.042
TyG index 38.2 71.5 >8.9 0.553 (0.509–0.597) 0.021 –0.053 0.022
METS-IR 69.1 48.2 >38.2 0.606 (0.564–0.648) <0.001 Reference

p-values in bold are <0.05.

GS, Gensini score; TG/HDL-C ratio, the ratio of triglycerides to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; TyG index, triglyceride and glucose index; METS-IR, metabolic score for insulin resistance; AUC, area under the curve; CI, confidence interval.