Association of Wrist Circumference and Waist-to-Height Ratio with Cardiometabolic Risk Factors among Type II Diabetics in a Ghanaian Population

Table 5

WrC and WHtR as a selected discriminator of cardiometabolic risk factors.

Discriminator	AUC	Cut-off	Sensitivity, %	Specificity, %	Kappa
Women
WrC  SBP	0.67	16.7 cm	43	84	0.05
WrC  MetS	0.73	16.3 cm	61	72	0.23
WrC  HDL-C	0.60	16.0 cm	39	82	0.04
WHtR  SBP	0.67	0.55	80	53	0.24
WHtR  MetS	0.99	0.53	90	78	0.58
Men				72
WrC  MetS	0.69	17.8 cm	50	90	0.315
WrC  HDL-C	0.70	17.5 cm	55	77	0.18
WrC  MetS	0.73	16.3 cm	61	74	—
WHtR  SBP	0.66	0.61	39	100	0.402
WHtR  MetS	0.87	0.52	100	90	0.837