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Table 3 Areas under ROC curve (AUC) of various anthropometric indices and metS risk factors

From: Association of body mass index, sagittal abdominal diameter and waist-hip ratio with cardiometabolic risk factors and adipocytokines in Arab children and adolescents

Test Variable

Anthropometric Parameter

AUC ± SE

Asymptotic Significance

95% Confidence Interval

Systolic Blood Pressure

BMI z-score

0.526 ± 0.040

0.926

(0.447, 0.605)

 

WHR

0.513 ± 0.001

0.094

(0.005, 0.031)

 

SAD z-score

0.539 ± 0.048

0.893

(0.445, 0.633)

Triglycerides

BMI z-score

0.721 ± 0.065

0.010

(0.594, 0.848)

 

WHR

0.662 ± 0.069

0.060

(0.527,0.798)

 

SAD z-score

0.634 ± 0.080

0.119

(0.477, 0.792)

HDL-Cholesterol

BMI z-score

0.623 ± 0.019

<0.001

(0.583, 0.660)

 

WHR

0.535 ± 0.020

0.070

(0.497, 0.574)

 

SAD z-score

0.599 ± 0.019

<0.001

(0.561, 0.636)

Glucose

BMI z-score

0.615 ± 0.024

<0.001

(0.567, 0.662)

 

WHR

0.563 ± 0.025

0.012

(0.515, 0.612)

 

SAD z-score

0.554 ± 0.026

0.031

(0.504, 0.604)

2 or more IDF MetS Components

BMI z-score

0.777 ± 0.016

<0.001

(0.747, 0.808)

 

WHR

0.641 ± 0.019

<0.001

(0.605, 0.678)

 

SAD z-score

0.678 ± 0.019

<0.001

(0.641, 0.714)

IDF MetS

BMI z-score

0.776 ± 0.025

<0.001

(0.727, 0.825)

 

WHR

0.632 ± 0.025

<0.001

(0.582, 0.681)

 

SAD z-score

0.693 ± 0.029

<0.001

(0.636, 0.750)

  1. Note: Significant at p < 0.05.