Sensitivity and Specificity Improvement in Abdominal Obesity Diagnosis Using Cluster Analysis during Waist Circumference Cut-Off Point Selection

Table 2

General characteristics of the population from Maracaibo City Metabolic Syndrome Prevalence Study, 2013.

	Women		Men		Total
		%		%		%
Age groups
18-19	87	8.8	70	7.7	157	8.3
20–29	218	22.0	294	32.3	512	26.9
30–39	176	17.7	178	19.6	354	18.6
40–49	230	23.2	164	18.0	394	20.7
50–59	170	17.1	136	14.9	306	16.1
60–69	74	7.5	46	5.1	120	6.3
70 and more	37	3.7	22	2.4	59	3.1
Ethnic groups
Mixed race	757	76.3	706	77.6	1463	76.9
Hispanic White	162	16.3	138	15.2	300	15.8
Afro-Venezuelan	24	2.4	31	3.4	55	2.9
Amerindian	39	3.9	34	3.7	73	3.8
Other	10	1.0	1	0.1	11	0.6
BMI
Low weight	29	2.9	11	1.2	40	2.1
Normal weight	335	33.8	227	24.9	562	29.5
Overweight	316	31.9	360	39.6	676	35.5
Obesity grade I	188	19.0	198	21.8	386	20.3
Obesity grade II	82	8.3	75	8.2	157	8.3
Obesity grade III	42	4.2	39	4.3	81	4.3
MS IDF/NHLBI/AHA-2009
Absence	627	63.2	520	57.1	1147	60.3
Presence	365	36.8	390	42.9	755	39.7
Total	992	100.0	910	100.0	1902	100.0