The TG/HDL-C Ratio Might Be a Surrogate for Insulin Resistance in Chinese Nonobese Women

Table 2

Area under receiver operating characteristic curves for discriminating insulin resistance in different subgroups according to body mass index or waist circumference.

Variable	Male (𝑛) (AROC, 95% CI)		Female (𝑛) (AROC, 95% CI)		Male and female (𝑛); (AROC, 95% CI)
	TG	TG/HDL-C	TG	TG/HDL-C	TG	TG/HDL-C
BMI (kg/m^2)
<24	0.473 (𝑛=173); (0.274–0.671)	0.498 (𝑛=173); (0.293–0.703)	0.677 (𝑛=134); (0.568–0.785)	0.718 (𝑛=134); (0.612–0.823)	0.626 (𝑛=307); (0.521–0.731)	0.645 (𝑛=307); (0.542–0.749)
≥24	0.643 (𝑛=130); (0.537–0.748)	0.651 (𝑛=130); (0.549–0.752)	0.554 (𝑛=96); (0.437–0.671)	0.576 (𝑛=96); (0.459–0.694)	0.607 (𝑛=226); (0.530–0.685)	0.606 (𝑛=226); (0.528–0.684)
WC (cm)
A Groups	0.595 (𝑛=230); (0.457–0.734)	0.632 (𝑛=230); (0.501–0.763)	0.689 (𝑛=118); (0.568–0.810)	0.713 (𝑛=118); (0.593–0.833)	N/A	N/A
B Groups	0.564 (𝑛=73); (0.424–0.703)	0.575 (𝑛=73); (0.436–0.714)	0.539 (𝑛=112); (0.429–0.649)	0.580 (𝑛=112); (0.472–0.689)	N/A	N/A

AROC: area under receiver operating characteristic curve; CI: confidence interval; BMI: body mass index; WC: Waist circumference; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio; TG: triglyceride; A Groups: <90 cm for men, <80 cm for women; B Groups: ≥90 cm for men, ≥80 cm for women.