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Table 2 Unweighted ROC Analysis Predicting Metabolic Syndrome from Waist-to-Height Ratio: Add health Study 1994-2008

From: A novel cutoff for the waist-to-height ratio predicting metabolic syndrome in young American adults

Measure

Full Sample (n = 7 935)

Males Only (n = 3 469)

Females Only (n = 4 466)

Cutoff

0.578

0.578

0.580

Sensitivity

0.82 (0.79, 0.84)

0.75 (0.72, 0.77)

0.89 (0.87, 0.91)

Specificity

0.68 (0.67, 0.70)

0.80 (0.78, 0.81)

0.61 (0.59, 0.62)

PPV

0.44 (0.42, 0.48)

0.59 (0.57, 0.63)

0.36 (0.34, 0.41)

NPV

0.92 (0.91, 0.93)

0.89 (0.87, 0.90)

0.96 (0.95, 0.96)

PLR

2.56 (2.41, 2.71)

3.69 (3.39, 4.03)

2.26 (2.15, 2.36)

NLR

0.27 (0.24, 0.31)

0.32 (0.28, 0.35)

0.18 (0.15, 0.22)

Odds Ratio

9.4 (8.2, 10.7)

11.4 (9.6, 13.6)

12.3 (9.9, 15.4)

  1. (95 % Confidence Interval) PPV (Positive Predictive Value) NPV (Negative Predictive Value) PLR (Positive Likelihood Ratio) NLR (Negative Likelihood Ratio)