Table 5 Comparison of AUROCs among non-invasive markers for predicting ultrasonographic fatty liver

 FLI

0.692

0.565–0.786

0.056

< 0.001

 BMI (kg/m2)

0.632

0.500–0.735

0.059

0.014

 Waist circumference (cm)

0.600

0.473–0.703

0.059

0.044

 GGT (U/L)

0.708

0.579–0.803

0.057

< 0.001

 Triglyceride (mg/dL)

0.551

0.419–0.660

0.062

0.205

 Total cholesterol (mg/dL)

0.567

0.432–0.676

0.062

0.142

 HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)

0.513

0.378–0.627

0.064

0.417

 LDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)

0.556

0.426–0.634

0.061

0.179

 ALT (IU/L)

0.737

0.603–0.830

0.057

< 0.001

 FLI

0.713

0.548–0.824

0.069

< 0.001

 BMI (kg/m2)

0.656

0.476–0.783

0.078

0.022

 Waist circumference (cm)

0.604

0.433–0.733

0.076

0.088

 GGT (U/L)

0.731

0.561–0.842

0.071

< 0.001

 Triglyceride (mg/dL)

0.558

0.384–0.694

0.079

0.232

 Total cholesterol (mg/dL)

0.596

0.419–0.730

0.079

0.112

 HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)

0.529

0.345–0.673

0.084

0.367

 LDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)

0.591

0.418–0.722

0.077

0.121

 ALT (IU/L)

0.822

0.667–0.909

0.059

< 0.000

 FLI

0.654

0.409–0.812

0.102

0.065

 BMI (kg/m2)

0.577

0.356–0.737

0.097

0.214

 Waist circumference (cm)

0.573

0.336–0.741

0.104

0.242

 GGT (U/L)

0.640

0.400–0.799

0.101

0.082

 Triglyceride (mg/dL)

0.560

0.316–0.735

0.107

0.287

 Total cholesterol (mg/dL)

0.491

0.258–0.670

0.106

0.535

 HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)

0.483

0.261–0.656

0.102

0.566

 LDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)

0.483

0.257–0.659

0.103

0.565

 ALT (IU/L)

0.588

0.333–0.763

0.110

0.211