Table 3 ROC curve compared the predictive efficacy of the TyG index and CHG index for cardiometabolic diseases risk events.

From: Assessment of cholesterol-HDL-glucose index in anticipating risk of cardiometabolic diseases: a comparative study with triglyceride-glucose index

Indicators

Cut off value

AUC (95% CI)

Specificity (%)

Sensitivity (%)

Accuracy (%)

Youden index (%)

P value for DeLong test for AUC

TyG

8.409

0.573(0.556–0.589)

45.6

65.9

50.4

11.5

0.970

CHG

5.318

0.573(0.556–0.589)

63.6

47.6

59.9

11.2

  1. The optimal cutoff values presented in this table were determined by maximizing the Youden index; Youden index = Sensitivity + Specificity—1. Abbreviation: TyG, triglyceride-glucose index;CHG, Cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein, and glucose index; CI, Confidence Interval; AUC, area under the curve
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