Research Article

TG : HDL-C Ratio Is a Good Marker to Identify Children Affected by Obesity with Increased Cardiometabolic Risk and Insulin Resistance

Table 5

% sensitivity (true positives/all positives) and specificity (true negatives/all negatives) of HOMA-IR ≥4 (pubertal) and HOMA-IR ≥ 2.6 (prepubertal) for TG : HDL-C ratio ≥ 1.11 and metabolic syndrome.

TG : HDL-C ratio ≥ 1.11Metabolic syndrome
SensitivitySpecificitySensitivitySpecificity

HOMA-IR ≥2.6 or≥442.7 (53/124)74.8 (69/103)12.9 (16/124)92 (96/103)