Table 2 Sex-based comparison of the Receiver-Operator Characteristic curves for various anthropometric indices evaluated as predictors for central and general obesity among preschool children

Boys

Central obesity

NC

0.841

28.68

80.3

63.5

0.794

0.887

 < 0.001

HC

0.785

68.51

77.9

55.5

0.728

0.842

 < 0.001

WC

0.700

58.52

69.7

52.6

.634

.766

 < 0.001

WHR

0.446

-

-

-

0.375

0.517

0.35

CI

0.773

1.17

75.2

68.7

0.742

0.821

 < 0.001

General obesity

BMI

0.959

17.55

99.2

20.4

0.935

0.983

 < 0.001

TMI

0.988

13.80

96.7

68.6

0.971

0.992

 < 0.001

BAI

0.749

22.14

73.3

35

0.688

0.810

 < 0.001

NHR

0.785

22.74

80.3

35.8

0.729

0.841

 < 0.001

WHtR

0.667

0.83

73.1

56

0.601

0.734

 < 0.001

Girls

Central obesity

NC

0.860

27.5

79.5

35.2

0.795

0.884

 < 0.001

HC

0.697

70

68.8

60.7

0.795

0.884

 < 0.001

WC

0.679

57.50

64.1

63.6

.612

.746

 < 0.001

WHR

0.639

0. 80

62.5

51.6

.571

.707

 < 0.001

CI

0.653

1.14

68.9

70.1

0.601

0.712

 < 0.001

General obesity

BMI

0.948

17.10

97.7

99.2

0.862

97.3

 < 0.001

TMI

0.981

15.83

94.5

63.1

0.718

0.977

 < 0.001

BAI

0.651

22.83

64.4

76.7

0.584

0.719

0.01

NHR

0.769

22.46

73.2

60.7

0.712

0.826

 < 0.001

WHtR

0.530

-

-

-

0.571

0.707

0.12