Research Article
Association of Wrist Circumference and Waist-to-Height Ratio with Cardiometabolic Risk Factors among Type II Diabetics in a Ghanaian Population
Table 4
AUC for various anthropometric indices and cardiometabolic risk factors in men and women.
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| Risk factor | WrC | VAI | WHR | WHtR |
| Men () | Hypertension | 0.59 (0.41–0.77)∗ | 0.59 (0.37–0.81) | 0.55 (0.34–0.76) | 0.67 (0.47–0.86) | Mets IDF | 0.69 (0.55–0.84) | 0.59 (0.39–0.79) | 0.85 (0.72–0.98) | 0.99 (0.99–0.99) | High TC | 0.57 (0.24–0.89) | 0.50 (0.24–0.76) | 0.54 (0.28–0.80) | 0.57 (0.29–0.85) | High TG | 0.59 (0.39–0.78) | 0.94 (0.90–0.98) | 0.70 (0.49–0.90) | 0.53 (0.32–0.74) | Low HDL-C | 0.70 (0.56–0.84) | 0.95 (0.95–0.95) | 0.50 (0.30–0.71) | 0.57 (0.35–0.78) | Women () | Hypertension | 0.67 (0.67–0.67) | 0.53 (0.41, 0.65) | 0.59 (0.47–0.71) | 0.66 (0.57–0.79) | Mets IDF | 0.73 (0.66–0.81) | 0.71 (0.58–0.84) | 0.68 (0.52–0.83) | 0.87 (0.77–0.97) | High TC | 0.54 (0.48–0.61) | 0.56 (0.43–0.69) | 0.54 (0.38–0.55) | 0.57 (0.44–0.71) | High TG | 0.52 (0.52–0.52) | 0.95 (0.92–0.99) | 0.51 (0.38–0.63) | 0.53 (0.41–0.65) | Low HDL-C | 0.60 (0.60–0.60) | 0.85 (0.78–0.93) | 0.60 (0.48–0.71) | 0.52 (0.40–0.64) |
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| Risk factor | AVI | CI | BAI | BMI |
| Men () | Hypertension | 0.66 (0.47–0.85) | 0.61 (0.41–0.82) | 0.72 (0.54–0.91) | 0.69 (0.50–0.88) | Mets IDF | 1.00 (1.0-1.0) | 1.0 (1.0-1.0) | 0.78 (0.62–0.94) | 0.81 (0.66–0.96) | High TC | 0.53 (0.28–0.77) | 0.51 (0.26–0.74) | 0.76 (0.54–0.98) | 0.58 (0.32–0.84) | High TG | 0.56 (0.35–0.77) | 0.57 (0.37–0.78) | 0.55 (0.34–0.77) | 0.50 (0.29–0.72) | Low HDL-C | 0.54 (0.33–0.75) | 0.56 (0.35–0.76) | 0.66 (0.45–0.86) | 0.54 (0.33–0.75) | Women () | Hypertension | 0.66 (0.54–0.77) | 0.61 (0.49–0.73) | 0.63 (0.51–0.74) | 0.68 (0.57–0.79) | Mets IDF | 0.83 (0.71–0.96) | 0.68 (0.53–0.84) | 0.81 (0.69–0.94) | 0.88 (0.78–0.98) | High TC | 0.58 (0.45–0.71) | 0.59 (0.45–0.72) | 0.57 (0.45–0.70) | 0.58 (0.46–0.71) | High TG | 0.54 (0.42–0.65) | 0.52 (0.40–0.64) | 0.58 (0.47–0.70) | 0.56 (0.45–0.68) | Low HDL-C | 0.50 (0.38–0.62) | 0.51 (0.39–0.63) | 0.51 (0.39–0.63) | 0.50 (0.38–0.62) |
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Data are AUC (95% confidence interval). represents positive test if test variable < threshold. All values in bold are significant, value <0.05. |