Body Adiposity Index: Its Relevance and Validity in Assessing Body Fatness of Adults

Table 2

The areas under ROC curve (AUC), optimal cut-off values, and sensitivities and specificities of BAI associated with BMI and hypertension.

	BMI				BP
	AUC (95% CI)^1	Cut-off	Sens (%)	Spec (%)	AUC (95% CI)^1	Cut-off	Sens (%)	Spec (%)
Men
By our own criteria	0.93 (0.90, 0.96)	25.6	88.4	92.6	0.70 (0.62–0.77)	25.3	83.7	54.0
By WHO criteria	0.90 (0.86, 0.94)	27.2	77.6	91.7
Women
By our own criteria	0.93 (0.92, 0.97)	37.7	91.2	85.5	0.62 (0.55–0.68)	37.7	91.2	85.5
By WHO criteria	0.94 (0.90, 0.96)	36.4	74.3	100.0

1All values are statistically significant at 𝑃<0.001.
BAI: body adiposity index; BMI: body mass index; BP: blood pressure; AUC: area under curve; CI: confidence interval; Sens: sensitivity; Spec: specificity; WHO: World Health Organization.