Table 4 Gender, age and BMI-specific areas under the receiver operating characteristic curves showing the ability of neck circumference to identify subjects with hypertension.

From: Neck circumference associated with arterial blood pressures and hypertension: A cross-sectional community-based study in northern Han Chinese

 

AUC

95% CI

Cut point (cm)

Gender

  Females

0.577

0.550–0.604

32.75

  Males

0.583

0.546–0.621

35.75

Age (years)

  35–44

0.619

0.542–0.695

38.50

  45–64

0.584

0.555–0.613

32.25

  ≥65

0.573

0.536–0.611

34.25

BMI (kg/m2)

  Normal

0.559

0.526–0.593

31.55

  Overweight

0.551

0.517–0.585

32.40

  Obese

0.584

0.515–0.652

33.30

  1. BMI, body mass index; AUC, areas under the receiver operating characteristic curves; CI, confidence interval.
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