Comparative Abilities of Body Mass Index, Waist Circumference, Abdominal Volume Index, Body Adiposity Index, and Conicity Index as Predictive Screening Tools for Metabolic Syndrome among Apparently Healthy Ghanaian Adults

Table 1

Anthropometric characteristics of studied population stratified by MetS.

Variables	Total (n = 160)	No MetS (n = 132)	MetS (n = 28)	value
Age (years)	42.8 ± 14.5	41.6 ± 14.6	48.2 ± 12.9	0.030
Weight (kg)	68.7 ± 13.6	66.2 ± 12.0	80.6 ± 14.2	<0.001
Height (m)	1.7 ± 0.1	1.7 ± 0.1	1.6 ± 0.1	0.126
BMI (kg/m^2)	25.2 ± 5.1	24.1 ± 4.4	30.3 ± 5.1	<0.001
WC (cm)	84.4 ± 15.3	82.1 ± 14.9	95.5 ± 11.9	<0.001
HC (cm)	97.4 ± 12.1	95.7 ± 10.9	105.4 ± 14.1	<0.001
WHR (cm)	0.87 ± 0.17	0.87 ± 0.18	0.91 ± 0.10	0.168
CI (m^3/2·kg^−1/2)	1.20 ± 0.16	1.19 ± 0.17	1.25 ± 0.11	0.106
AVI	15.0 ± 6.9	14.2 ± 7.1	18.7 ± 4.4	0.002
BAI (%)	28.1 ± 7.1	27.1 ± 6.5	32.9 ± 8.0	<0.001

BMI: body mass index, WC: waist circumference, HC: hip circumference, WHR: waist to hip ratio, CI: conicity index, AVI: abdominal volume index, BAI: body adiposity index. Continuous data are presented as mean ± SD and compared using T-test.