Optimal Cutoff Values for Anthropometric Adiposity Measures of Sri Lankan Adult Women
Table 3
Optimal AAMs cutoff values for diagnosing obesity in Sri Lankan middle-aged women.
TBFP
AAM
Optimal cutoff value
AUC (95% CI)
Sensitivity
Specificity
Accuracy
Youden’s index
SE
value
33
BMI
24.5 kg/m2
0.87 (0.81–0.92)
0.76
0.83
078
0.58
0.02
<0.001
WC
80.0 cm
0.79 (0.72–0.86)
079
0.70
0.76
0.49
0.03
<0.001
HC
95.0 cm
0.83 (0.77–0.89)
0.78
0.77
0.77
0.56
0.03
<0.001
WHR
0.83
0.61 (0.52–0.70)
0.72
0.50
0.65
0.20
0.04
0.01
35
BMI
25.0 kg/m2
0.88 (0.83–0.93)
0.85
0.78
0.81
0.63
0.02
<0.001
WC
85.0 cm
0.83 (0.77–0.89)
0.75
0.82
0.78
0.58
0.03
<0.001
HC
100.0 cm
0.89 (0.84–0.93)
0.71
0.91
0.81
0.62
0.02
<0.001
WHR
0.83
0.57 (0.50–0.67)
0.72
0.45
0.57
0.17
0.04
0.04
AAM = anthropometry adiposity measure, BMI = body mass index, WC = waist circumference, HC = hip circumference, WHR = waist-to-hip ratio, and SE = standard error.
