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Table 3 AUC with the 95% CI of LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol and LDL/HDL cholesterol ratio for predicting NAFLD

From: LDL/HDL cholesterol ratio is associated with new-onset NAFLD in Chinese non-obese people with normal lipids: a 5-year longitudinal cohort study

Variables

AUC

95% CI lower bound

95% CI upper bound

Best threshold

Specificity

Sensitivity

HDL cholesterol

0.6335

0.6147

0.6522

1.4350

0.5734

0.6290

LDL cholesterol

0.6367

0.6168

0.6566

2.2050

0.5879

0.6314

LDL/HDL cholesterol ratio

0.6713

0.6523

0.6904

1.6623

0.7143

0.5422

  1. Abbreviations: AUC area under the curve, CI confidence interval, HDL high-density lipoprotein, LDL low-density lipoprotein, NAFLD nonalcoholic fatty liver disease