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Table 4 Sensitivity and specificity of WHtR for screening metabolic risk factors in normal-weight and overweight/obese 6–10-year-old children from Campos

From: Is waist-to-height ratio a useful indicator of cardio-metabolic risk in 6-10-year-old children?

Metabolicrisk

Sensitivity

Specificity

WHtR cut-off

(95%CI)

(95%CI)

HOMA-IR

92.6 (75.7 – 99)

76.3 (65.2 – 85.3)

0.47

SBP

80.0 (64.4 –91)

68.9 (60.4 – 76.6)

0.51

DBP

76.6 (66 – 85.5)

74.5 (64.7 – 83)

0.49

LDL

65.8 (54 – 76.3)

55.0 (44.2 – 64.6)

0.48

HDL

60.0 (49 – 70.5)

70.0 (59.4 – 79.2)

0.50

TG

66.1 (53 – 77.7)

45.1 (35.8 – 54.8)

0.47