Table 3 Area under the curve for each parameter for insulin resistance according to race/ethnicity and sex.

From: Lipid indices as simple and clinically useful surrogate markers for insulin resistance in the U.S. population

 

VAI

LAP

TyG index

TyG_BMI

TyG_WC

AUC (95% CI)

AUC (95% CI)

AUC (95% CI)

AUC (95% CI)

AUC (95% CI)

Total

0.735 (0.725–0.746)

0.796 (0.787–0.805)

0.723 (0.712–0.733)

0.823 (0.814–0.832)

0.822 (0.813–0.831)

Men

0.735 (0.720–0.750)

0.800 (0.787–0.813)

0.727 (0.712–0.742)

0.829 (0.816–0.841)

0.828 (0.816–0.841)

Women

0.735 (0.721–0.750)

0.793 (0.780–0.806)

0.726 (0.711–0.741)

0.819 (0.807–0.832)

0.825 (0.813–0.837)

Hispanics

Men

0.733 (0.706–0.760)

0.788 (0.764–0.812)

0.730 (0.702–0.757)

0.824 (0.801–0.847)

0.818 (0.795–0.841)

Women

0.718 (0.691–0.745)

0.773 (0.749–0.797)

0.711 (0.684–0.738)

0.818 (0.796–0.840)

0.814 (0.792–0.837)

Non-Hispanic Whites

Men

0.754 (0.731–0.776)

0.82 (0.801–0.839)

0.742 (0.720–0.765)

0.847 (0.829–0.865)

0.852 (0.833–0.870)

Women

0.759 (0.737–0.780)

0.814 (0.795–0.833)

0.753 (0.731–0.774)

0.840 (0.822–0.858)

0.842 (0.824–0.860)

Non-Hispanic Blacks

Men

0.733 (0.698–0.768)

0.815 (0.785–0.845)

0.730 (0.696–0.765)

0.823 (0.793–0.853)

0.829 (0.801–0.858)

Women

0.722 (0.689–0.755)

0.778 (0.748–0.809)

0.710 (0.676–0.744)

0.795 (0.765–0.825)

0.810 (0.781–0.839)

Other race*

Men

0.734 (0.687–0.781)

0.794 (0.750–0.837)

0.712 (0.663–0.761)

0.808 (0.761–0.855)

0.830 (0.787–0.872)

Women

0.773 (0.729–0.818)

0.824 (0.783–0.864)

0.758 (0.711–0.805)

0.846 (0.808–0.885)

0.847 (0.808–0.885)

PSM data

Total

0.732 (0.719–0.745)

0.790 (0.778–0.802)

0.716 (0.703–0.729)

0.818 (0.807–0.829)

0.818 (0.807–0.828)

Men

0.726 (0.707–0.745)

0.789 (0.772–0.805)

0.718 (0.698–0.737)

0.819 (0.803–0.835)

0.818 (0.802–0.833)

Women

0.737 (0.719–0.755)

0.792 (0.776–0.809)

0.722 (0.704–0.740)

0.817 (0.802–0.833)

0.827 (0.812–0.842)

  1. HOMA-IR homeostasis model assessment-insulin resistance, VAI visceral adiposity index, LAP lipid accumulation product, TyG index triglycerides and glucose index, BMI body mass index, WC waist circumference, AUC area under the curve, PSM propensity score matching with age, sex, and race/ethnicity.
  2. *Other race included non-Hispanic Asian and multi-racial Americans.