Research Article

Ability of Different Measures of Adiposity to Identify High Metabolic Risk in Adolescents

Table 2

Cut-off values, sensitivity, and specificity for the association of different measures of adiposity with metabolic risk score by sex.

AllGirlsBoys

BMI
BMI cut-off (kg/m2)
Sensitivity (%)79.476.366.7
Specificity (%)72.871.894.7
AUC0.807 (0.770–0.840)0.772 (0.720–0.818)0.852 (0.798–0.896)

WC
WC cut-off (cm)
Sensitivity (%)66.265.860.0
Specificity (%)79.775.394.7
AUC0.760 (0.721–0.796)0.714 (0.659–0.764)0.827 (0.770–0.874),

WHtR
WHtR cut-off
Sensitivity (%)61.860.580.0
Specificity (%)89.590.080.0
AUC0.794 (0.756–0.828)0.767 (0.715–0.814)0.834 (0.778– 0.881),

AUC: area under the curve; 95% CI in parentheses; AUC significantly different from WC ( ); AUC significantly different from WHtR ( ).