From: Is waist-to-height ratio the best predictive indicator of hypertension incidence? A cohort study
Age group | Number | AUC (95% CI) | p for all* | p for comparison in pairs* | ||||
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BMI | WC | WHtR | BMI vs.WC | BMI vs. WHtR | WC vs. WHtR | |||
Men | ||||||||
< 40 | 86 | 0.56 (0.43–0.69) | 0.62 (0.49–0.74) | 0.59 (0.46–0.72) | 0.358 | 0.348 | 0.575 | 0.170 |
≥ 40 | 66 | 0.57 (0.42–0.73) | 0.54 (0.39–0.68) | 0.50 (0.34–0.64) | 0.158 | 0.648 | 0.294 | 0.091 |
Total | 152 | 0.53 (0.44–0.63) | 0.59 (0.49–0.68) | 0.57 (0.48–0.66) | 0.305 | 0.232 | 0.422 | 0.219 |
Women | ||||||||
< 40 | 197 | 0.63 (0.54–0.73) | 0.65 (0.56–0.73) | 0.62 (0.53–0.71) | 0.214 | 0.682 | 0.555 | 0.080 |
≥ 40 | 122 | 0.61 (0.50–0.71) | 0.64 (0.53–0.75) | 0.65 (0.55–0.75) | 0.553 | 0.352 | 0.276 | 0.567 |
Total | 319 | 0.64 (0.58–0.71) | 0.68 (0.62–0.74) | 0.69 (0.63–0.75) | 0.130 | 0.057 | 0.045 | 0.780 |
Total sample | 471 | 0.62 (0.57–0.67) | 0.66 (0.61–0.71) | 0.64 (0.59–0.69) | 0.125 | 0.064 | 0.271 | 0.225 |