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Table 4 Predictive value of four IR substitutes for the prevalence of hypertension

From: Comparison of the predictive value of four insulin resistance surrogates for the prevalence of hypertension: a population-based study

 

AUC

95% CI

Cut-off Point

Sensitivity (%)

Specificity (%)

TyG index

0.524

0.519–0.528

8.19

65.96

38.09

TyG-BMI

0.681

0.677–0.685

199.5

65.57

61.18

TG/HDL-c

0.512

0.508–0.517

1.975

49.11

52.89

METS-IR

0.679

0.674–0.683

33.61

69.67

56.67

TyG-BMI + Age

0.774

0.771–0.778

0.118*

78.8

62.3

METS-IR + Age

0.773

0.769–0.776

0.119*

78.5

62.3

  1. TG/HDL-c triglycerides/high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio, TyG index Triglyceride-glucose index, TyG-BMI TyG index with body mass index, METS-IR metabolic score for insulin resistance, AUC area under the curve
  2. *refers to the predicted probability calculated by logistic regression