Waist Circumference Cutoff Points to Predict Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome, and Cardiovascular Risk in Turkish Adults

Table 2

The positive and negative predictive values of different waist circumference cutoff points for metabolic syndrome and its individual components.

	Males								Females
	Action Level 1				Action Level 2				Action level 1*		Action level 2
WC cutoff levels (cm)	WHO (94)		Turkish (90)		WHO (102)		Turkish (98)		WHO/Turkish (80)		WHO (88)		Turkish (90)
Predictive values (%)	𝑃	𝑁	𝑃	𝑁	𝑃	𝑁	𝑃	𝑁	𝑃	𝑁	𝑃	𝑁	𝑃	𝑁
Metabolic syndrome	64	87	62	91	70	82	69	84	62	92	67	86	69	85
Hyperglycemia	39	72	38	74	44	70	43	71	37	82	39	76	40	76
Hypertriglyceridemia	46	73	44	77	49	67	47	68	38	85	42	80	43	79
Low HDL	39	67	39	69	40	65	40	66	49	62	51	59	52	60
Hypertension	68	53	67	60	73	47	71	48	70	68	74	56	75	54

𝑃: Positive predictive value, 𝑁: Negative predictive value.
*The cut off levels for the action level 1 to predict the overweight women according to the WHO or Turkish criteria are the same (80 cm).