Comparison of body mass index (BMI) with the CUN-BAE body adiposity estimator in the prediction of hypertension and type 2 diabetes

Table 1 Correlation and degree of agreement between CUN-BAE and BMI and prevalence of obesity according to sex and age groups

	N	R2	Obesity^a				Level of Agreement	Kappa	Kappa(%) CI 95 %
			BMI		CUN-BAE
			n	%	n	%
Men
Total	2033	0.877	435	21.4	1254	61.7	59.7	28.9	26.3	31.6
Under 50	971	0.957	183	18.8	412	42.4	76.4	47.9	42.9	53.0
50 or over	1062	0.940	252	23.7	842	79.3	44.4	15.0	12.6	17.5
Women
Total	1855	0.915	395	21.3	1150	62.0	59.3	28.5	25.7	31.2
Under 50	921	0.926	134	14.5	367	39.8	74.7	40.9	35.6	46.2
50 or over	934	0.919	261	27.9	783	83.8	44.1	13.9	11.4	16.4

^aObesity: BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2, CUN-BAE ≥25 % body fat in men and 25 % in women
Abbreviations: R2 square of the sample correlation coefficient, BMI body mass index, CUN-BAE Clínica Universidad de Navarra - Body Adiposity Estimator

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