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Table 4 Comparisons of BMI, WC and WHtR among three groups

From: Distribution of risk factors of hypertension patients in different age groups in Tianjin

Fat index

Gender

Age group

Cut-off value

Sensitivity

Specificity

AUC (95% CI)

BMI

male

youth

26.45

0.624

0.671

0.697 (0.664,0.731)

middle-aged

26.15

0.622

0.607

0.661 (0.650,0.673)

elderly

25.05

0.708

0.516

0.650 (0.627,0.673)

female

youth

26.05

0.615

0.765

0.747 (0.712,0.782)

middle-aged

26.05

0.583

0.665

0.673 (0.664,0.681)

elderly

26.65

0.521

0.681

0.638 (0.617,0.660)

WC

male

youth

86.9

0.521

0.715

0.686 (0.653,0.719)

middle-aged

90.1

0.651

0.592

0.665 (0.653,0.676)

elderly

91.9

0.609

0.596

0.640 (0.617,0.664)

female

youth

83.5

0.593

0.753

0.731 (0.695,0.768)

middle-aged

85.45

0.603

0.664

0.685 (0.676,0.693)

elderly

87.3

0.629

0.568

0.635 (0.614,0.656)

WHtR

male

youth

0.51

0.749

0.530

0.692 (0.659,0.725)

middle-aged

0.52

0.725

0.524

0.670 (0.658,0.681)

elderly

0.54

0.667

0.539

0.638 (0.615,0.662)

female

youth

0.52

0.593

0.775

0.730 (0.695,0.766)

middle-aged

0.53

0.679

0.596

0.690 (0.682,0.698)

elderly

0.54

0.745

0.448

0.631 (0.610,0.653)

  1. Abbreviation: BMI Body mass index; WC Waist circumference; WHtR Waist-to-height ratio