Waist-to-height ratio, an optimal anthropometric indicator for metabolic dysfunction associated fatty liver disease in the Western Chinese male population

Table 3 Cut-off points and AUCs (95% CI) of different anthropometric indicators and HOMA-index in predicting MAFLD (n = 2355)

Parameters	AUC (95% CI)	P-value	Cut-off point	Sensitivity (%)	Specificity (%)
BMI	0.846 (0.829–0.864)	< 0.001	24.00	84.08	72.39
WHtR	0.863 (0.848–0.879)	< 0.001	0.49	90.68	69.56
WHR	0.814 (0.796–0.833)	< 0.001	0.89	84.46	64.95
BAI	0.790 (0.769–0.810)	< 0.001	24.97	71.70	72.50
CMI	0.819 (0.800–0.838)	< 0.001	0.48	81.75	69.24
LAP	0.868 (0.853–0.883)	< 0.001	24.29	86.60	74.73
VAI	0.807 (0.787–0.826)	< 0.001	0.94	81.20	67.23
AVI	0.859 (0.843–0.874)	< 0.001	13.61	89.71	68.86
HOMA-IR	0.803 (0.783–0.824)	< 0.001	1.69	81.36	68.91
HOMA-β	0.715 (0.690–0.740)	< 0.001	78.10	76.31	57.18

Abbreviations: MAFLD Metabolic-dysfunction associated fatty liver disease, BMI Body mass index, WHtR Waist to height ratio, WHR Waist to hip ratio, BAI Body adiposity index, CMI Cardiometabolic index, LAP Lipid accumulation product, VAI Visceral adiposity index, AVI Abdominal volume index, HOMA Homeostatic model assessment, AUC Area under the ROC curves, P < 0.05 was accepted statistically significant

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