Comparison of various anthropometric indices in predicting abdominal obesity in Chinese children: a cross-sectional study

Table 4 Comparison of the Receivers Operator Characteristic curves for various anthropometric indices in predicting abdominal obesity

Variables		AUC	95% CI	Sensitivity (%)	Specificity (%)	P value ^a	P value ^b
Boys	BMI	0.913	0.872, 0.945	73.1	95.1	–	0.542
	CC	0.870	0.822, 0.908	76.9	85.2	0.017	0.041
	WC	0.898	0.854, 0.932	78.9	87.2	0.307	0.247
	HC	0.882	0.836, 0.919	69.2	92.6	0.057	0.114
	WHR	0.744	0.686, 0.796	59.6	76.4	< 0.001	< 0.001
	WHtR	0.922	0.882, 0.952	80.8	88.7	0.542	–
Girls	BMI	0.925	0.879, 0.958	90.9	87.6	–	0.217
	CC	0.852	0.794, 0.898	72.7	86.0	0.007	0.472
	WC	0.863	0.807, 0.908	69.7	88.4	0.006	0.431
	HC	0.869	0.814, 0.913	87.9	76.2	0.006	0.712
	WHR	0.605	0.533, 0.674	36.4	86.6	< 0.001	< 0.001
	WHtR	0.886	0.833, 0.926	81.8	80.5	0.217	–

BMI Body Mass Index, CC Chest Circumference, HC Hip Circumference, WC Waist Circumference, WHR Waist-to-Hip Ratio, WHtR Waist-to-Height Ratio
^a:Compared with BMI. ^b: Compared with WHtR

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