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 5
AUC for AVI, BAI, CI, BMI, and WC to identify female respondents with MetS and its components.
Variable
AVI
BAI
CI
BMI
WC
MetS
0.81 (0.72–0.89)
0.75 (0.65–0.83)
0.77 (0.67–0.85)
0.80 (0.70–0.88)
0.81 (0.72–0.89)
2 or more non-obesity criteria
0.74 (0.64–0.83)
0.67 (0.57–0.77)
0.76 (0.65–0.84)
0.70 (0.60–0.80)
0.74 (0.64–0.83)
Elevated BP
0.71 (0.61–0.80)
0.66 (0.56–0.76)
0.71 (0.61–0.80)
0.70 (0.59–0.79)
0.72 (0.62–0.81)
Elevated FBG
0.65 (0.55–0.75)
0.58 (0.48–0.69)
0.68 (0.57–0.77)
0.63 (0.52–0.73)
0.66 (0.55–0.76)
Elevated triglyceride
0.67 (0.57–0.77)
0.55 (0.44–0.65)
0.69 (0.59–0.79)
0.60 (0.49–0.70)
0.67 (0.56–0.76)
Reduced HDL-c
0.51 (0.57–0.77)
0.58 (0.44–0.65)
0.59 (0.59–0.79)
0.61 (0.49–0.70)
0.51 (0.56–0.76)
Results are expressed as area under curve (confidence interval).
