Cut-off points of the visceral adiposity index (VAI) identifying a visceral adipose dysfunction associated with cardiometabolic risk in a Caucasian Sicilian population

Table 1 Optimal cut-off points of VAI (stratifying PC Patients for age quintiles) to detect subjects with Metabolic Syndrome (ATP III criteria).

	Cutoff Point	Sens. (%)	Spec. (%)	Area under ROC curve	SE	95% CI	p
First age quintile Age (< 30 years)	2.52	100	99.45	0.997	0.003	0.98 - 1.00	< 0.001
Second age quintile Age (≥ 30 and < 42 years)	2.23	84.62	92.39	0.898	0.061	0.86 - 0.92	< 0.001
Third age quintile Age (≥ 42 and < 52 years)	1.92	90.48	72.55	0.852	0.037	0.80 - 0.88	< 0.001
Fourth age quintile Age (≥ 52 and < 66 years)	1.93	77.22	82.29	0.840	0.028	0.79 - 0.87	< 0.001
Fifth age quintile Age (≥ 66 years)	2.00	68.5	76.0	0.783	0.025	0.73 - 0.82	< 0.001

Sens. (sensitivity); Spec. (Specificity); SE (Standard Error). CI (Confidence Interval)

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