Research Article

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

Table 6

Metabolic variables behavior of each metabolic phenotype according to sex. Maracaibo City Metabolic Syndrome Prevalence Syndrome, 2013.

WomenMen
MeanSDMeanSD

WC
 HNW79.278.2481.546.87
 MONW77.207.0786.987.62
 Healthy overweight89.696.8894.826.59
 Sick* overweight90.277.5997.766.10
 MHO104.4010.55109.1711.94
 MDO105.5010.07116.0415.32
HOMA2-IR
 HNW1.470.481.150.44
 MONW3.561.362.541.47
 Healthy overweight1.450.511.490.58
 Sick* overweight3.121.143.571.41
 MHO1.240.371.400.41
 MDO3.141.543.391.42
TAG
 HNW86.4952.0684.6538.44
 MONW120.61155.70180.99124.76
 Healthy overweight112.9768.92131.0180.97
 Sick* overweight131.3293.03173.92106.29
 MHO120.1273.96143.08118.27
 MDO144.5795.54184.60121.59
HDL-C
 HNW49.2911.8146.0011.16
 MONW51.6111.5439.5011.84
 Healthy overweight48.1711.6541.9112.88
 Sick* overweight44.4310.8438.458.39
 MHO45.5713.0140.159.91
 MDO44.1311.4536.718.48
MAP
 HNW83.809.6087.289.92
 MONW87.0013.1788.2810.54
 Healthy overweight89.2011.3393.4411.77
 Sick* overweight88.8510.4691.4510.39
 MHO95.7813.9196.3813.17
 MDO95.1012.0798.0112.47

*The “Sick” term applied here conveys the metabolically disturbed subjects which have metabolically obese profiles.
HDL-C, high density lipoprotein, expressed in mg/dl; HOMA2-IR: Homeostasis Model Assessment-2 for Insulin Resistance; MAP: mean arterial pressure, expressed in mmHg; TAG: triglycerides, expressed in mg/dL; WC, waist circumference, expressed in cm.