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Table 5 Sensitivity and specificity of the 2007 WHO BMI z score for diagnosing 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?

Metabolic risk

Sensitivity

Specificity

BMI zscore

(95% CI)

(95%CI)

HOMA-IR

88 (68.8 – 97.5)

80.0 (72.7 – 86.1)

2.26

SBP

87.5 (70.2 – 94.3)

68.9 (60.4 – 76.6)

1.39

DBP

79 (68.5 – 87.6)

76.6 (66.9 – 84.5)

1.12

LDL

64.5 (52.7 – 75)

56.6 (46.2 – 66.5)

0.82

HDL

54.1 (43 – 65)

76.7 (67 – 84.9)

1.82

TG

50.0 (37 – 63)

59.3 (49.6 – 68.4)

1.39