Clinical Study
Predictors of Metabolic Syndrome in the Iranian Population: Waist Circumference, Body Mass Index, or Waist to Hip Ratio?
Table 2
Areas under the ROC curve cutoffs, sensitivity and specificity of WC, BMI, and WHR by sex.
| | AURC (95% CI) | value | Cut-off | Sensitivity | Specificity |
| Women | | | | | | WC | 0.85 (0.79–0.90) | <0.001 | 90.3 | 86.6% | 68.3% | BMI | 0.73 (0.67–0.79) | <0.001 | 28.5 | 79.5% | 50.8% | WHR | 0.84 (0.79–0.89) | <0.001 | 0.88 | 83.0% | 65.0% | Men | | | | | | WC | 0.78 (0.72–0.84) | <0.001 | 90.0 | 82.9% | 51.9% | BMI | 0.77 (0.71–0.83) | <0.001 | 26.0 | 80.5% | 54.5% | WHR | 0.75 (0.69–0.82) | <0.001 | 0.93 | 80.5% | 50.6% |
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