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Table 2 AUC (95% CI) for overweight, obesity and central obesity and different anatomical points of central circumference in middle-aged men

From: Waist circumference measures: cutoff analyses to detect obesity and cardiometabolic risk factors in a Southeast Brazilian middle-aged men population - a cross-sectional study

 

Overweight (>20% BF)

Obesity (>25% BF)

Central obesity (34.6% AAF)

WCNR

   

AUC

0.877 (0.839-0.915)

0.905 (0.870-0.940)

0.898 (0.861-0.936)

Cutoff (cm)

86.4

89.4

91.6

Sensitivity (%)

77.6

84.6

80.3

Specificity (%)

77.9

83.6

80.4

WCMD

   

AUC

0.909 (0.877-0.942)

0.919 (0.890-0.948)

0.897 (0.861-0.933)

Cutoff (cm)

87.3

91.4

93.8

Sensitivity (%)

82.1

83.8

80.3

Specificity (%)

82.7

82.0

79.9

WCUL

   

AUC

0.925 (0.893-0.953)

0.923 (0.894-0.952)

0.902 (0.861-0.942)

Cutoff (cm)

88.8

93.4

95.6

Sensitivity (%)

82.5

84.6

81.6

Specificity (%)

83.0

84.7

81.2

  1. AUC, area under curve. CI, confidence intervals. WCUL, waist circumference at the umbilical line. WCMD, waist circumference at the midpoint between the superior border of the iliac crest and the inferior margin of the rib. WCNR, waist circumference at the narrowest waist.