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)	𝑃 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%