The Impact of Visceral Adiposity on Testosterone Levels in American Adult Men: A Cross-Sectional Analysis

27 August 2023: Database Analysis

Mingqin Su ^ABCDEF , Hongquan Wei ^ABCD , Lijun Chen ^BC , Yuxiang Guan ^BD , Wei Dong ^B , Min Zhao ^AG*

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.941394

Med Sci Monit 2023; 29:e941394

Table 4 Comparison of different indicators for predicting testosterone deficiency.

Indicators	Cut-off	AUC (95% CI)	Specificity	Sensitivity	PPV	NPV	P value
HOMA-IR	3.41	0.7364 (0.7031–0.7696)	0.7384	0.6285	0.3598	0.8947
TyG	8.75	0.6721 (0.6366–0.7076)	0.6596	0.6285	0.3017	0.8836	–
FBG	112.50	0.6335 (0.5958–0.6713)	0.7750	0.4514	0.3194	0.8579	0.0427
TG	107.50	0.6390 (0.6038–0.6742)	0.5955	0.6285	0.2666	0.8726
VAI	1.37	0.6622 (0.6278–0.6965)	0.5890	0.6562	0.2719	0.8799	0.2700
HOMA-IR – homeostatic model assessment index; TyG – triglyceride glucose; VAI – visceral adiposity index; FBG – fasting blood glucose; TG – triglyceride; AUC – area under curve.