Table 5 ROC analysis of the five obesity indices for predicting increased AS.

From: Weight adjusted waist index is a superior obesity index for predicting arterial stiffness in type 2 diabetes mellitus

 

AUC

95%CI low

95%CI upp

cut-off

Specificity

Sensitivity

PPV

NPV

WC

0.538

0.504

0.573

91.05

0.576

0.510

0.766

0.301

BMI

0.519

0.484

0.553

24.35

0.440

0.618

0.751

0.297

WWI

0.659

0.627

0.690

11.02

0.584

0.651

0.810

0.380

BRI

0.599

0.566

0.633

4.34

0.544

0.634

0.791

0.352

ABSI*100

0.626

0.594

0.659

8.22

0.594

0.608

0.804

0.357

  1. AS, arterial stiffness; BMI, body mass index; WC, waist circumference; WWI, weight-adjusted waist index; ABSI, a body shape index; BRI, body round index; ROC, receiver operating characteristic; AUC, area under the curve; CI, Confidence interval; NPV, negative predictive value; PPV, positive predictive value.
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