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Table 6 Receiver operating characteristic curves (ROC) analysis of LCI and anthropometric parameters for metabolic syndrome

From: Gender-specific association between a novel atherogenic index of plasma, metabolic parameters and inflammation among obese adults

Area under the curve

Variables

AUC

SE

P value

95% CI

Youden’s index

Optimal cut-points

Sensitivity

Specificity

True positive rate

False positive rate

Lower bound

Upper bound

Weight (kg)

0.57

0.032

0.031

0.508

0.633

0.15

88.90

0.76

0.39

0.76

0.61

Height (cm)

0.47

0.033

0.448

0.410

0.541

0.02

171

0.36

0.66

0.36

0.34

BMI (kg/m2)

0.62

0.033

< 0.001

0.557

0.685

0.22

37.78

0.34

0.88

0.34

0.12

WC (cm)

0.63

0.031

< 0.001

0.570

0.891

0.18

107

0.70

0.48

0.70

0.52

HC (cm)

0.65

0.033

0.102

0.490

0.617

0.13

112

0.74

0.39

0.74

0.61

WHR

0.62

0.030

< 0.001

0.561

0.681

0.22

0.94

0.68

0.54

0.68

0.46

FM (%)

0.60

0.034

0.003

0.531

0.663

0.24

28.20

0.48

0.76

0.48

0.24

FFM (%)

0.53

0.032

0.401

0.465

0.590

0.11

49.80

0.85

0.27

0.85

0.73

LCI

0.79

0.026

< 0.001

0.557

0.685

0.45

22.66

0.58

0.87

0.58

0.13

  1. LCI, Lipoprotein combine index; BMI, Body mass index; WC, Waist circumference; HC, Hip circumference; WHR, Waist to hip ratio; FM, Fat mass; FFM, Fat free mass; AUC, Area under the curve; SE, Standard error; CI, Confidence interval; ROC, Receiver operating characteristic