Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism

Research Article

Anthropometric and Biochemical Correlations of Insulin Resistance in a Middle-Aged Maltese Caucasian Population

Table 2

Area under the curve of receiver operator characteristics curves for various anthropometric parameters for predicting HOMA-IR ≥ 2.5, stratified by sex.


Parameter	Males (n = 129)					Females (n = 328)
Parameter	AUC	SE	value	LCI 95%	UCI 95%	AUC	SE	value	LCI 95%	UCI 95%

Body mass index (kg/m²)	0.73	0.04	<0.01	0.65	0.81	0.74	0.04	<0.01	0.67	0.82
Waist circumference (cm)	0.70	0.05	<0.01	0.61	0.79	0.76	0.04	<0.01	0.69	0.84
Hip circumference (cm)	0.68	0.05	<0.01	0.59	0.77	0.71	0.04	<0.01	0.63	0.79
Neck circumference (cm)	0.66	0.05	<0.01	0.57	0.75	0.71	0.04	<0.01	0.63	0.79
Average thigh circumference (cm)	0.52	0.05	0.65	0.42	0.63	0.68	0.04	<0.01	0.59	0.76
Average arm circumference (cm)	0.62	0.05	0.02	0.53	0.72	0.73	0.04	<0.01	0.65	0.81
Waist: height ratio	0.72	0.05	<0.01	0.63	0.81	0.76	0.04	<0.01	0.70	0.84
Waist: thigh ratio	0.71	0.04	<0.01	0.63	0.80	0.66	0.04	<0.01	0.58	0.75
Weight-adjusted thigh circumference (cm)	0.26	0.04	<0.01	0.18	0.34	0.33	0.05	<0.01	0.24	0.41
Waist: hip ratio	0.65	0.05	<0.012	0.56	0.75	0.67	0.04	<0.01	0.59	0.75
Visceral adiposity index	0.78	0.04	<0.01	0.70	0.86	0.82	0.04	<0.01	0.73	0.90
Lipid accumulation product	0.79	0.04	<0.01	0.71	0.87	0.81	0.04	<0.01	0.73	0.89
Body adiposity index	0.69	0.05	<0.01	0.59	0.78	0.72	0.04	<0.01	0.65	0.80
Abdominal volume index	0.70	0.05	<0.01	0.61	0.79	0.76	0.04	<0.01	0.68	0.83
Fat index	0.63	0.05	<0.01	0.53	0.73	0.70	0.04	<0.01	0.62	0.78
Triglycerides (mmol/l)	0.74	0.05	<0.01	0.66	0.83	0.77	0.04	<0.01	0.68	0.86
HDL-C (mmol/l)	0.23	0.04	<0.01	0.15	0.31	0.20	0.04	<0.01	0.13	0.27
TG: HDL-C ratio	0.78	0.04	<0.01	0.70	0.86	0.82	0.04	<0.01	0.74	0.90
Uric acid	0.57	0.05	0.20	0.47	0.66	0.63	0.04	<0.01	0.54	0.71
ALP	0.57	0.05	0.16	0.47	0.68	0.68	0.04	<0.01	0.60	0.76
GGT	0.62	0.05	0.02	0.53	0.71	0.69	0.04	<0.01	0.62	0.77
ALT	0.54	0.05	0.44	0.44	0.64	0.63	0.04	<0.01	0.55	0.72

ALP = alkaline phosphatase; ALT = alanine transaminase; GGT = γ glutamyl tansferase; HDL-C = high-density lipoprotein cholesterol.