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

Table 3

Diagnostic accuracy of BAI to detect blood pressure by different cut-off points.

	AUC	Sensitivity (%)	Specificity (%)	Positive PV	Negative PV
Men
BAI (optimal-25.6)	0.70	79.47	56.58	82.06	53.75
BAI (WHO-27.2)		57.89	72.37	83.97	40.74
Women
BAI (optimal-37.7)	0.62	67.68	56.34	64.16	60.15
BAI (WHO-36.4)		71.95	47.88	61.96	59.65

BAI: body adiposity index; AUC: area under curve; PV: positive predictive; WHO: world health organization.