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Table 4 Receiver operator curve characteristics for significant lipid measures in predicting diabetes and cutoff points for sensitivity ≈70% in men and women

From: Lipid ratios and appropriate cut off values for prediction of diabetes: a cohort of Iranian men and women

 

Men

Women

 

Cut point

Specificity (%)

Cut point

Specificity (%)

TG

1.61

45

1.54

55

HDL-C

  

1.19

50

TC/HDL-C

5.1

43

4.77

53

TG/HDL-C

3.66

44

3.4

59

  1. TC: total cholesterol, HDL-C: high density lipoprotein cholesterol, TG: triglycerides. Cut points are presented as mmol/l