Research Article

Predictive Role of Interleukin-18 in Liver Steatosis in Obese Children

Table 5

Analysis of AUC for IL-18, ALT, AST, GGT, and TG and their combination to detect children with liver steatosis in 1HMRS.

ParametersAUCSE95% CI (AUC) (AUC = 0,5) (AUC individual versus combined)

IL-180,68020,0653(0,552–0,808)0,00580,263
ALT0,66810,0787(0,514–0,822)0,03270,253
AST0,68300,0769(0,532–0,834)0,01730,279
GGT0,67670,0792(0,521–0,832)0,02570,324
TG0,69440,0614(0,574–0,815)0,00150,316
Combined0,78260,0532(0,678–0,887)<0,0001-