The product of fasting plasma glucose and triglycerides improves risk prediction of type 2 diabetes in middle-aged Koreans

Table 8 The area under the ROC curve (AROC) for indices to predict type 2 diabetes stratified by MetS components

MetS components^a)	Central obesity^b)		Elevated TG^c)		Low HDL-C^d)		Elevated FPG^e)		Elevated BP^f)
Subgroup	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
Index	AROC	AROC	AROC	AROC	AROC	AROC	AROC	AROC	AROC	AROC
Men	(n = 2929)	(n = 707)	(n = 1970)	(n = 1666)	(n = 2326)	(n = 1310)	(n = 3423)	(n = 213)	(n = 2092)	(n = 1544)
WC	0.553	0.532	0.535	0.569	0.570	0.584	0.571	0.573	0.565	0.559
TG	0.589	0.534	0.546	0.559	0.598	0.574	0.588	0.591	0.572	0.588
FPG	0.648	0.680	0.637	0.676	0.661	0.666	0.621	0.506	0.649	0.661
LAP	0.584	0.537	0.546	0.582	0.598	0.599	0.595	0.604	0.582	0.591
TyG index	0.618	0.569	0.605	0.607	0.631	0.605	0.607	0.586	0.602	0.620
Women	(n = 2680)	(n = 1392)	(n = 2754)	(n = 1318)	(n = 1276)	(n = 2796)	(n = 3983)	(n = 89)	(n = 2639)	(n = 1433)
WC	0.556	0.519	0.536	0.564	0.520	0.583	0.576	0.506	0.570	0.545
TG	0.610	0.626	0.567	0.559	0.611	0.622	0.629	0.596	0.614	0.621
FPG	0.590	0.598	0.581	0.617	0.550	0.616	0.586	0.566	0.598	0.587
LAP	0.601	0.625	0.553	0.590	0.565	0.630	0.623	0.570	0.608	0.609
TyG index	0.628	0.643	0.595	0.596	0.621	0.643	0.641	0.597	0.633	0.634

^a)Modified NCEP-ATP III criteria [47] with the Korean cut-off for WC, ^b)WC ≥ 90 cm for men ≥85 for women, Lee et al. [48], ^c)TG ≥ 150 mg/dl, ^d)HDL-C < 40 mg/dl for men < 50 mg/dl for women, ^e)FPG ≥ 100 mg/dl, ^f) Systolic blood pressure ≥ 130 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure ≥ 85 mmHg
Abbreviations: MetS Metabolic syndrome, TG triglyceride, HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, FPG fasting plasma glucose, BP blood pressure, AROC area under the receiver operating characteristic curve, WC waist circumference, LAP lipid accumulation product, TyG index, the product of fasting glucose and triglycerides

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