Association of serum bile acid profiles with the risk of gastrointestinal autonomic neuropathy in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Table 5 Area under the curve of bile acids in the type 2 diabetes mellitus and diabetic gastric autonomic neuropathy groups

Variables	AUC (95%CI)	P value	Cutoff value	Sensitivity	Specificity
Age, years	0.651 (0.504-0.797)	0.024a	0.450	0.462	0.942
FC-P, nmol/L	0.760 (0.648-0.872)	< 0.001b	0.188	0.885	0.638
TLCA, nmol/L	0.678 (0.565-0.791)	< 0.001b	0.219	0.923	0.435
Model 1	0.933 (0.878-0.989)	< 0.001b	0.277	0.885	0.884
Model 2	0.970 (0.937-1.000)	< 0.001b	0.392	0.923	0.957

^aP < 0.05.

^bP < 0.01.

AUC: Area under the curve; FC-P: Fasting C-peptide; TLCA: Taurolithocholic acid; CI: Confidence interval.