Novel Anthropometric Indices as Screening Tools for Obesity: A Study on Healthy Iranians
Table 4
Areas under the curve (AUC) for identifying subjects with overweight and obesity based on different anthropometric indicators by sex.
Anthropometric indicators
Male
Female
AUC
SE
95% CI
value
AUC
SE
95% CI
value
Overweight
NC
0.79
0.015
0.77–0.82
<0.001
0.80
0.011
0.78–0.82
<0.001
WC
0.92
0.009
0.90–0.93
<0.001
0.91
0.007
0.90–0.92
<0.001
HC
0.93
0.008
0.91–0.94
<0.001
0.92
0.007
0.90–0.93
<0.001
WHtR
0.94
0.008
0.92–0.95
<0.001
0.93
0.006
0.91–0.94
<0.001
NHtR
0.84
0.013
0.82–0.87
<0.001
0.86
0.009
0.84–0.87
<0.001
AVI
0.92
0.008
0.91–0.94
<0.001
0.91
0.007
0.90–0.93
<0.001
Obese
NC
0.74
0.020
0.71–0.77
<0.001
0.76
0.013
0.74–0.78
<0.001
WC
0.93
0.008
0.91–0.95
<0.001
0.93
0.007
0.91–0.94
<0.001
HC
0.94
0.007
0.92–0.95
<0.001
0.95
0.006
0.93–0.96
<0.001
WHtR
0.82
0.007
0.79–0.85
<0.001
0.94
0.006
0.93–0.95
<0.001
NHtR
0.95
0.014
0.94–0.96
<0.001
0.83
0.011
0.82–0.95
<0.001
AVI
0.93
0.008
0.92–0.95
<0.001
0.93
0.007
0.92–0.95
<0.001
Null hypothesis: true area = 0.5. AUC, area under the curve; AVI, abdominal volume index; BMI, body mass index; HC, hip circumference; NC, neck circumference; NHtR, neck-to-height ratio; WC, waist circumference; WHtR, waist-to-hip ratio.
