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Table 4 Sensitivity, Specificity, Youden’s index and area under the curve (AUC) of FFA to predict NAFLD

From: Free fatty acids profile among lean, overweight and obese non-alcoholic fatty liver disease patients: a case – control study

FFA

Cut-off value

Sensitivity (%)

Specificity (%)

Youden index

AUC 95% CI

14:0

5.74

69.74

74.07

43.81

0.74(0.67–0.82)

16:0

486.64

55.92

81.48

37.4

0.69(0.60–0.77)

16:1

31.02

74.34

66.67

41.01

0.73(0.66–0.81)

18:0

179

62.5

74.07

36.57

0.70(0.62–0.79)

18:1

274.39

55.92

79.63

35.55

0.69(0.60–0.78)

18:2

774.88

75.66

59.26

34.92

0.64(0.54–0.74)

γ-18:3

12.06

81.58

55.56

37.13

0.74(0.67–0.81)

18:3

36.8

65.13

68.52

33.65

0.70(0.62–0.77)

20:4

161.71

42.76

81.48

24.24

0.63(0.54–0.71)

20:5

11.9

38.16

87.04

25.19

0.64(0.56–0.72)

22:5

9.49

42.76

98.15

40.91

0.66(0.58–0.73)

22:6

161.28

88.82

46.3

35.11

0.69(0.61–0.78)

Total FFA

2167.89

65.13

68.52

33.65

0.70(0.61–0.79)