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Table 3 The best threshold, sensitivities, specificities, and area under the curve of lipid-related parameters for the screening of NAFLD in the general population

From: Utility of traditional and non-traditional lipid indicators in the diagnosis of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in a Japanese population

 

AUC

95%CI low

95%CI upp

Best threshold

Specificity

Sensitivity

TC

0.63

0.62

0.64

5.21

0.60

0.61

HDL-C

0.76

0.75

0.77

1.34

0.65

0.75

LDL-C

0.69

0.68

0.71

3.05

0.56

0.74

TG

0.80

0.79

0.81

0.84

0.68

0.77

Non-HDL-C

0.73

0.72

0.74

3.77

0.64

0.72

RC

0.80

0.79

0.81

0.58

0.69

0.76

TC/HDL-C ratio

0.80

0.79

0.81

3.80

0.67

0.80

TG/HDL-C ratio

0.81

0.81

0.82

0.61

0.68

0.80

LDL-C/HDL-C ratio

0.79

0.78

0.80

2.43

0.69

0.76

Non-HDL-C/HDL-C ratio

0.80

0.79

0.81

2.80

0.67

0.80

RC/HDL-C ratio

0.82

0.81

0.83

0.43

0.69

0.80

  1. Abbreviations: AUC: area under the curve; other abbreviations as in Table ​1