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Table 4 Comparisons of AUCs for percent body fat mass, body mass index, waist-to-hip ratio, and waist circumference, stratified by gender.

From: The relationship of high sensitivity C-reactive protein to percent body fat mass, body mass index, waist-to-hip ratio, and waist circumference in a Taiwanese population

  Male   Female  
  AUC 95% CI x 2 AUC 95% CI x 2
ROC curve§    14.77**a    5.55
   %FM 0.67 0.62, 0.71   0.69 0.65, 0.73  
   BMI 0.62 0.57, 0.66   0.69 0.65, 0.73  
   WHR 0.61 0.57, 0.66   0.65 0.61, 0.70  
   WC 0.62 0.58, 0.67   0.69 0.65, 0.73  
ROC curve&    7.74    6.81
   %FM 0.68 0.63, 0.72   0.71 0.67, 0.75  
   BMI 0.65 0.60, 0.69   0.71 0.67, 0.75  
   WHR 0.64 0.60, 0.69   0.69 0.65, 0.73  
   WC 0.65 0.60, 0.69   0.71 0.67, 0.75  
  1. %FM: percent body fat mass; BMI: body mass index; WHR: waist-to-hip ratio; WC: waist circumference, AUC: area under curve.
  2. **: p < 0.01;
  3. a: AUC of ROC curve for %FM was significant larger than those for BMI, WHR, and WC
  4. §: Logistic regression adjusted for age, smoking, alcohol drinking and betel nut chewing
  5. &: Logistic regression adjusted for age, smoking, alcohol drinking, betel nut chewing, hyperglycemia, hypertriglyceridemia, hypertension and low HDL cholesterol.
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