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Table 3 Results of receiver-operating curve analyses featuring the thresholds of lipid ratios with their respective sensitivities and specificities for diagnosing metabolic syndrome in men and women

From: Clinical usefulness of lipid ratios to identify men and women with metabolic syndrome: a cross-sectional study

 

Men

Women

Lipid ratio

Criterion value (Sensitivity, specificity)

Criterion value (Sensitivity, specificity)

TG/HDL-C

1.62 (84.0%, 80.1%)

1.18 (70.2%, 88.2%)

TC/HDL-C

5.05 (73.1%, 71.6%)

3.91 (81.7%, 68.7%)

LDL-C/HDL-C*

3.79 (40.2%, 88.5%)

2.53 (67.6%, 74.8%)

nonHDL-C/HDL-C

4.05 (73.1%, 71.6%)

2.91 (79.8%, 70.9%)

  1. *According to the AUC, LDL-C/HDL-C showed to be a good marker of metabolic syndrome in women but not in men.