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Table 3 The cut-off points of FLI stratified by waist circumference and BMI based on the results of liver ultrasound transient elastograpy in NHANES 2017–2018

From: Population-specific cut-off points of fatty liver index: a study based on the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data

Stratification

Total

CAP > 248

Prevalence (%)

Cut-off points

AUROC

Sensitivity (true positive fraction) (%)

Specificity (true negative fraction) (%)

Positive likelihood ratio

Negative likelihood ratio

Youden index

P value

Total

4633

2721

58.73

> 45.60

0.833 (0.822–0.844)

80.85 (79.3–82.3)

70.50 (68.4–72.5)

2.74

0.27

0.5135

< 0.0001

Male

2281

1434

62.87

> 48.57

0.837 (0.821–0.852)

81.80 (79.7–83.8)

69.78 (66.6–72.9)

2.71

0.26

0.5157

< 0.0001

Female

2352

1287

54.72

> 41.93

0.829 (0.813–0.844)

80.34 (78.1–82.5)

70.89 (68.1–73.6)

2.76

0.28

0.5123

< 0.0001

Stratified by BMI

BMI < 18.5

76

7

9.21

> 5.10

0.588 (0.469–0.700)

71.43 (29.0–96.3)

68.12 (55.8–78.8)

2.24

0.42

0.3954

0.5294

18.5 ≥ BMI < 25.0

1191

308

25.86

> 20.77

0.760 (0.734–0.784)

63.31 (57.7–68.7)

78.71 (75.9–81.4)

2.97

0.47

0.4200

< 0.0001

25.0 ≥ BMI < 30.0

1477

863

58.43

> 44.73

0.732 (0.709–0.755)

72.54 (69.4–75.5)

61.56 (57.6–65.4)

1.89

0.45

0.3410

< 0.0001

BMI ≥ 30.0

1889

1543

81.68

> 86.00

0.743 (0.723–0.763)

68.05 (65.7–70.4)

67.92 (62.7–72.8)

2.12

0.47

0.3597

< 0.0001

Male

 BMI < 18.5a

31

4

12.90

≤ 1.37

0.611 (0.420–0.780)

50.00 (6.8–93.2)

96.30 (81.0–99.9)

13.5

0.52

0.4630

0.6189

 18.5 ≥ BMI < 25.0

554

156

28.16

> 23.26

0.757 (0.719–0.792)

70.51 (62.7–77.5)

73.62 (69.0–77.9)

2.67

0.40

0.4413

< 0.0001

 25.0 ≥ BMI < 30.0

814

509

62.53

> 62.09

0.727 (0.695–0.757)

53.05 (48.6–57.5)

80.98 (76.1–85.2)

2.79

0.58

0.3403

< 0.0001

 BMI ≥ 30.0

882

765

86.73

> 91.35

0.725 (0.694–0.754)

55.95 (52.3–59.5)

78.63 (70.1–85.7)

2.62

0.56

0.3458

< 0.0001

Female

 BMI < 18.5

45

3

6.67

> 4.68

0.865 (0.730–0.948)

100 (2.92–100.0)

80.95 (65.9–91.4)

5.25

0.00

0.8095

< 0.0001

 18.5 ≥ BMI < 25.0

637

152

23.86

> 14.33

0.768 (0.733–0.800)

67.76 (59.7–75.1)

75.05 (71.0–78.8)

2.72

0.43

0.4281

< 0.0001

 25.0 ≥ BMI < 30.0

663

354

53.39

> 36.67

0.731 (0.695–0.764)

75.14 (70.3–79.6)

61.49 (55.8–66.9)

1.95

0.40

0.3663

< 0.0001

 BMI ≥ 30.0

1007

778

77.26

> 81.83

0.742 (0.714–0.769)

70.95 (67.6–74.1)

66.81 (60.3–72.9)

2.14

0.43

0.3776

< 0.0001

Stratified by BMI and WC

Male

WC < 102

1214

524

43.16

> 35.60

0.780 (0.755–0.803)

74.43 (70.5–78.1)

70.00 (66.4–73.4)

2.48

0.37

0.4443

< 0.0001

 BMI < 18.5a

31

4

12.90

≤ 1.37

0.608 (0.426–0.771)

50.00 (6.8–93.2)

96.67 (82.8–99.9)

15.0

0.52

0.4667

0.6314

 18.5 ≥ BMI < 25.0

552

154

27.90

> 23.26

0.754 (0.716–0.789)

70.13 (62.2–77.2)

73.62 (69.0–77.9)

2.66

0.41

0.4375

< 0.0001

 25.0 ≥ BMI < 30.0

572

323

56.47

> 45.60

0.708 (0.669–0.745)

70.90 (65.6–75.8)

59.84 (53.5–66.0)

1.77

0.49

0.3074

< 0.0001

 BMI ≥ 30.0

59

43

72.88

> 68.03

0.686 (0.552–0.801)

67.44 (51.5–80.9)

68.75 (41.3–89.0)

2.16

0.47

0.3619

0.0223

WC ≥ 102

1067

910

85.29

> 85.04

0.718 (0.690–0.745)

66.37 (63.2–69.4)

66.24 (58.3–73.6)

1.97

0.51

0.3262

< 0.0001

 BMI < 18.5b

0

          

 18.5 ≤ BMI < 25.0b

2

0

         

 25.0 ≤ BMI < 30.0

242

186

76.86

> 63.30

0.679 (0.617–0.738)

69.89 (62.8–76.4)

60.71 (46.8–73.5)

1.78

0.5

0.3061

< 0.0001

 BMI ≥ 30.0

823

722

87.73

> 91.35

0.718 (0.686–0.749)

58.86 (55.2–62.5)

75.25 (65.7–83.3)

2.38

0.55

0.3411

< 0.0001

Female

WC < 88

721

157

21.78

> 14.29

0.774 (0.742–0.804)

67.52 (59.6–74.8)

77.48 (73.8–80.9)

3.00

0.42

0.4500

< 0.0001

 BMI < 18.5

45

3

6.67

> 4.68

0.865 (0.730–0.948)

100.00 (29.2–100)

80.95 (65.9–91.4)

5.25

0.00

0.8095

< 0.0001

 18.5 ≤ BMI < 25.0

526

99

18.82

> 11.58

0.751 (0.711–0.787)

65.66 (55.4–74.9)

74.71 (70.3–78.8)

2.6

0.46

0.4036

< 0.0001

 25.0 ≤ BMI < 30.0

146

54

36.99

> 23.48

0.736 (0.657–0.805)

68.52 (54.4–80.5)

70.65 (60.2–79.7)

2.33

0.45

0.3917

< 0.0001

 BMI ≥ 30.0b

4

1

25.00

        

WC ≥ 88

1631

1130

69.28

> 75.28

0.748 (0.726–0.769)

58.23 (55.3–61.1)

78.64 (74.8–82.2)

2.73

0.53

0.3687

< 0.0001

 BMI < 18.5b

0

          

 18.5 ≤ BMI < 25.0

111

53

47.75

> 30.65

0.629 (0.532–0.719)

58.49 (44.1–71.9)

68.97 (55.5–80.5)

1.88

0.6

0.2746

0.0171

 25.0 ≤ BMI < 30.0

517

300

58.03

> 36.67

0.706 (0.665–0.745)

82.33 (77.5–86.5)

49.77 (42.9–56.6)

1.64

0.35

0.3210

< 0.0001

 BMI ≥ 30.0

1003

777

77.47

> 81.83

0.740 (0.711–0.767)

71.04 (67.7–74.2)

66.37 (59.8–72.5)

2.11

0.44

0.3741

< 0.0001

  1. CAP controlled attenuation parameter, AUROC area under the receiver operating characteristic curves, BMI body mass index, WC waist circumference
  2. aThe calculated AUROC < 0.5, which can not meet the requirements of diagnostic test
  3. bThe optimal cut-off point of FLI could not be obtained due to insufficient data