The value of combining the simple anthropometric obesity parameters, Body Mass Index (BMI) and a Body Shape Index (ABSI), to assess the risk of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Kuang, Maobin; Sheng, Guotai; Hu, Chong; Lu, Song; Peng, Nan; Zou, Yang

doi:10.1186/s12944-022-01717-8

Lipids in Health and Disease

Table 6 The area under the curve, best threshold, sensitivities, specificities, and Youden’s index of BMIWC, BMIABSI, O_BMI+ABSI, O_BMI+WC, BMI, WC, ABSI, and ARI as a predictor of NAFLD in the different age groups of both genders

From: The value of combining the simple anthropometric obesity parameters, Body Mass Index (BMI) and a Body Shape Index (ABSI), to assess the risk of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

	AUC			Best threshold	Specificity	Sensitivity	Youden’s index
Female
Age 20–39 years
BMI	0.9511	0.9336	0.9685	23.1266	0.8981	0.8723	0.7704
WC^***	0.9319	0.9079	0.9559	76.6000	0.8560	0.8830	0.7390
ABSI^***	0.5686	0.5085	0.6288	75.5742	0.6122	0.5319	0.1441
ARI	0.9522	0.9337	0.9708	12.7922	0.8498	0.9362	0.7860
BMI*WC	0.9516	0.9331	0.9701	1675.4784	0.8436	0.9255	0.7691
BMI*ABSI	0.9486	0.9289	0.9682	1701.3486	0.8614	0.9255	0.7869
O_BMI+ABSI	0.9523	0.9337	0.9708	30.4368	0.8498	0.9362	0.7860
O_BMI+WC	0.9516	0.9330	0.9701	34.1296	0.8424	0.9255	0.7679
Age 40–59 years
BMI^***	0.8484	0.8282	0.8686	22.7527	0.7841	0.7744	0.5585
WC^***	0.8423	0.8230	0.8616	74.2500	0.6630	0.8691	0.5321
ABSI^***	0.6186	0.5897	0.6476	75.7925	0.5808	0.6072	0.1880
ARI^***	0.8622	0.8438	0.8805	13.0283	0.8077	0.7744	0.5821
BMI*WC	0.8603	0.8417	0.8788	1674.1183	0.7332	0.8384	0.5716
BMI*ABSI	0.8602	0.8420	0.8785	1704.2100	0.7546	0.8134	0.5680
O_BMI+ABSI^***	0.8622	0.8438	0.8805	30.9995	0.8079	0.7744	0.5823
O_BMI+WC	0.8602	0.8417	0.8788	35.0363	0.8093	0.7632	0.5725
Age ≥ 60 years
BMI	0.8308	0.7458	0.9159	23.3334	0.8439	0.7600	0.6039
WC^***	0.7696	0.6778	0.8613	79.7500	0.7707	0.6800	0.4507
ABSI^***	0.5660	0.4551	0.6770	78.1836	0.5024	0.7200	0.2224
ARI	0.8195	0.7391	0.8999	12.9252	0.7024	0.8400	0.5424
BMI*WC	0.8199	0.7396	0.9002	1686.1280	0.6976	0.8400	0.5376
BMI*ABSI	0.8014	0.7186	0.8841	1659.0994	0.5610	0.9600	0.5210
O_BMI+ABSI	0.8195	0.7392	0.8998	30.7525	0.7024	0.8400	0.5424
O_BMI+WC	0.8201	0.7393	0.9009	34.3393	0.7024	0.8400	0.5424
Male
Age 20–39 years
BMI^***	0.8439	0.8275	0.8602	23.4782	0.7495	0.7665	0.5160
WC^***	0.8415	0.8255	0.8575	80.4500	0.7219	0.8009	0.5228
ABSI^***	0.6063	0.5826	0.6300	74.5090	0.4871	0.6991	0.1862
ARI^***	0.8549	0.8396	0.8702	13.5026	0.7600	0.7844	0.5444
BMI*WC	0.8513	0.8357	0.8669	1862.5415	0.7219	0.8114	0.5333
BMIABSI^**	0.8552	0.8399	0.8704	1766.2886	0.7557	0.7874	0.5431
O_BMI+ABSI^***	0.8549	0.8396	0.8702	33.0076	0.7614	0.7829	0.5443
O_BMI+WC	0.8514	0.8358	0.8669	39.1453	0.7290	0.8084	0.5374
Age 40–59 years
BMI^***	0.8007	0.7867	0.8147	23.2505	0.6779	0.7639	0.4418
WC^***	0.7908	0.7766	0.8051	81.2500	0.6583	0.7795	0.4378
ABSI^***	0.5615	0.5429	0.5801	75.4294	0.3897	0.7005	0.0902
ARI^***	0.8104	0.7969	0.8240	13.6142	0.7232	0.7451	0.4683
BMI*WC	0.8080	0.7943	0.8217	1955.1203	0.7448	0.7177	0.4625
BMI*ABSI	0.8086	0.7950	0.8222	1816.1016	0.7334	0.7287	0.4621
O_BMI+ABSI^***	0.8105	0.7969	0.8240	33.2733	0.7239	0.7443	0.4682
O_BMI+WC	0.8075	0.7938	0.8212	40.1192	0.7475	0.7185	0.4660
Age ≥ 60 years
BMI	0.7903	0.7363	0.8444	23.7420	0.8111	0.6951	0.5062
WC	0.7804	0.7282	0.8326	80.5000	0.5944	0.8659	0.4603
ABSI^***	0.5804	0.5119	0.6490	75.8542	0.2941	0.8659	0.1600
ARI	0.7949	0.7437	0.8462	13.5819	0.6780	0.8171	0.4951
BMI*WC	0.8029	0.7513	0.8545	1932.6121	0.7368	0.7927	0.5295
BMI*ABSI	0.7904	0.7393	0.8414	1800.3670	0.6594	0.8293	0.4887
O_BMI+ABSI	0.7950	0.7438	0.8462	33.1880	0.6780	0.8171	0.4951
O_BMI+WC	0.8023	0.7509	0.8536	39.7476	0.7121	0.8171	0.5292

Abbreviations as in Table 1
^***P < 0.05 compared with BMI*WC in each age group of both genders

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