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Table 4 Neck circumference cut-offs points to identify metabolic syndrome, low-grade systemic inflammation and insulin resistance in study sample according to gender

From: Neck circumference as a predictor of metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance and low-grade systemic inflammation in children: the ACFIES study

 

Cutoffs (cm)

Sensitivity (%)

Specificity (%)

AUC (IC 95 %)

Youden’s index

Metabolic Syndrome

  Girls

28.5

87.50

53.61

0.73 (0.68 - 0.78)

0.41

  Boys

29

100

45.37

0.74 (0.68 - 0.78)

0.45

Low-grade systemic inflammation

  Girls

29.3

42.02

69.15

0.55 (0.49 - 0.60)

0.11

  Boys

29.2

54.62

51.63

0.53 (0.47 - 0.58)

0.06

Insulin resistance

  Girls

29

50.00

62.35

0.57 (0.51 - 0.62)

0.12

  Boys

30

52.54

61.19

0.54 (0.49 - 0.59)

0.13

  1. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analyzes. Youden’s index = Sensitivity + Specificity – 1