Table 3 Area under Curves of BMI, waist circumference, WHR and WHtR for Multiple Risk Factors

Male

   Blood pressure

0.657 (0.601-0.713)*

0.669 (0.613-0.725)*

0.582 (0.523-0.641)*

0.673 (0.617 ± 0.728)*

   Glucose

0.586 (0.525-0.647)*

0.557 (0.495-0.618)

0.468 (0.408-0.529)

0.567 (0.505 ± 0.629) *

   Triglyceride

0.693 (0.635-0.752)*

0.646 (0.586-0.706)*

0.536 (0.475-0.597)

0.631 (0.569 ± 0.693)*

Multiple metabolic risk factors

0.682 (0.623-0.741)*

0.661 (0.601-0.722)*

0.539 (0.470-0.608)

0.651 (0.590 ± 0.712)*

Female

   Blood pressure

0.674 (0.621-0.728)*

0.666 (0.613-0.719)*

0.579 (0.524-0.633)*

0.671 (0.618 ± 0.724)*

   Glucose

0.610 (0.552-0.667)*

0.594 (0.537-0.652)*

0.532 (0.475-0.589)

0.607 (0.550 ± 0.664)*

   Triglyceride

0.721 (0.665-0.777)*

0.738 (0.687-0.788)*

0.611 (0.556-0.667)*

0.731 (0.679 ± 0.783)*

Multiple metabolic risk factors

0.702 (0.651-0.754)*

0.671 (0.617-0.724)*

0.552 (0.490-0.614)

0.674 (0.621 ± 0.727)*