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Table 1 Basic characteristics of included studies

From: Diagnostic accuracy of the visceral adiposity index in patients with metabolic-associated fatty liver disease: a meta-analysis

Author

Year

Country

Diagnostic methods

Control source

Race

Cases number

Control number

Cut-off

TP

FP

FN

TN

Cen

2020

China

Ultrasonographic

Non-MAFLD

Asian

6261

10,207

1.59

4414

3205

1847

7002

Fedchuk

2014

France

Biopsy

Non-MAFLD

European

241

83

1.25

190

7

51

76

Fu

2019

America

Computed tomography

Non-MAFLD

European

40

67

1.46

35

42

5

25

Keskinler

2020

Turkey

Biopsy

Healthy

European

57

57

1.78

45

16

12

41

Li

2017

China

Ultrasonographic

Non-MAFLD

Asian

7324

12,480

1.89

4988

4152

2336

8328

Lin

2021

China

Ultrasonographic

Non-MAFLD

Asian

354

410

-

293

192

61

218

Musso

2012

Italy

Ultrasonographic

Healthy

European

41

82

1.9

31

23

10

59

Ortega

2019

Mexico

Ultrasonographic

Non-MAFLD

European

36

158

2.33

28

75

8

83

Vassilatou

2018

Greece

Ultrasonographic

Non-MAFLD

European

132

158

-

85

34

47

124

  1. Rank by the beginning letter of the first authors
  2. Abbreviations: TP True positive value, FP False positive value, FN False negative value, TN True negative value, MAFLD metabolic-associated fatty liver disease.