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Table 3 Areas under the receiver operating characteristic curves and the corresponding 95% confidence intervals of obesity indices associated with metabolic abnormalities and their components among HEXA-G participants by sex

From: Optimal cutoff values for anthropometric indices of obesity as discriminators of metabolic abnormalities in Korea: results from a Health Examinees study

 

Men

Women

Hypertensiona

 Body mass index

0.629 (0.624–0.635)

0.668 (0.664–0.672)

 Waist circumference

0.629 (0.624–0.635)

0.671 (0.667–0.675)

 Waist-to-hip ratio

0.617 (0.612–0.623)

0.665 (0.661–0.669)

 Waist-to-height ratio

0.646 (0.640–0.651)

0.687 (0.683–0.691)

 Conicity index

0.593 (0.587–0.598)

0.635 (0.631–0.639)

Hyperglycemiab

 Body mass index

0.570 (0.562–0.579)

0.642 (0.634–0.649)

 Waist circumference

0.605 (0.597–0.613)

0.683 (0.675–0.690)

 Waist-to-hip ratio

0.636 (0.629–0.644)

0.715 (0.708–0.721)

 Waist-to-height ratio

0.616 (0.608–0.624)

0.693 (0.686–0.700)

 Conicity index

0.611 (0.603–0.619)

0.674 (0.667–0.681)

Dyslipidemiac

 Body mass index

0.645 (0.640–0.650)

0.636 (0.632–0.639)

 Waist circumference

0.645 (0.640–0.651)

0.648 (0.644–0.652)

 Waist-to-hip ratio

0.625 (0.620–0.630)

0.651 (0.647–0.654)

 Waist-to-height ratio

0.641 (0.636–0.646)

0.653 (0.649–0.657)

 Conicity index

0.587 (0.582–0.593)

0.618 (0.614–0.622)

Metabolic abnormalitiesd

 Body mass index

0.667 (0.661–0.672)

0.668 (0.665–0.672)

 Waist circumference

0.671 (0.666–0.677)

0.680 (0.677–0.684)

 Waist-to-hip ratio

0.656 (0.650–0.661)

0.681 (0.677–0.684)

 Waist-to-height ratio

0.677 (0.672–0.683)

0.691 (0.687–0.694)

 Conicity index

0.616 (0.611–0.622)

0.645 (0.641–0.649)

  1. aSystolic blood pressure higher than 140 mmHg, diastolic blood pressure higher than 90 mmHg or those who reported taking antihypertensive medication
  2. bfasting glucose higher than 126 mg/dL or those who reported taking antidiabetic medication
  3. ctriglyceride higher than 150 mg/mL, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol lower than 40 mg/dL or those who reported taking medication for dyslipidemia
  4. dHaving at least one of the aforementioned factors