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Table 4 Optimal cutoff values, Youden indices, and sensitivity and specificity of obesity indices associated with metabolic abnormalities and their components among HEXA-G participants by sex

From: Optimal cutoff values for anthropometric indices of obesity as discriminators of metabolic abnormalities in Korea: results from a Health Examinees study

 

Men

Women

Optimal

cutoff value

Youden’s

index

Sensitivity

Specificity

Optimal

cutoff value

Youden’s

index

Sensitivity

Specificity

Hypertensiona

 Body mass index

24.5

0.189

0.596

0.593

23.5

0.246

0.670

0.576

 Waist circumference

87.0

0.187

0.570

0.617

78.9

0.255

0.655

0.600

 Waist-to-hip ratio

0.896

0.175

0.594

0.581

0.840

0.241

0.662

0.580

 Waist-to-height ratio

0.506

0.210

0.662

0.548

0.503

0.275

0.674

0.601

 Conicity index

1.24

0.138

0.535

0.604

1.19

0.199

0.607

0.592

Hyperglycemiab

 Body mass index

24.5

0.104

0.567

0.537

24.2

0.207

0.569

0.637

 Waist circumference

86.3

0.150

0.591

0.559

80.0

0.272

0.672

0.600

 Waist-to-hip ratio

0.895

0.197

0.660

0.537

0.850

0.315

0.710

0.606

 Waist-to-height ratio

0.509

0.165

0.634

0.531

0.514

0.288

0.655

0.633

 Conicity index

1.23

0.165

0.655

0.510

1.18

0.255

0.728

0.527

Dyslipidemiac

 Body mass index

24.0

0.213

0.654

0.559

23.2

0.198

0.634

0.564

 Waist circumference

84.4

0.208

0.675

0.533

77.5

0.219

0.640

0.579

 Waist-to-hip ratio

0.879

0.185

0.712

0.474

0.832

0.227

0.652

0.575

 Waist-to-height ratio

0.502

0.204

0.661

0.542

0.497

0.228

0.636

0.592

 Conicity index

1.20

0.131

0.706

0.425

1.18

0.175

0.608

0.567

Metabolic abnormalityd

 Body mass index

24.3

0.241

0.588

0.653

23.4

0.245

0.604

0.641

 Waist circumference

84.4

0.248

0.653

0.595

77.0

0.266

0.676

0.590

 Waist-to-hip ratio

0.887

0.228

0.639

0.589

0.832

0.270

0.645

0.624

 Waist-to-height ratio

0.499

0.259

0.672

0.587

0.496

0.281

0.638

0.644

 Conicity index

1.20

0.173

0.698

0.475

1.18

0.210

0.598

0.613

  1. aSystolic blood pressure higher than 140 mmHg, diastolic blood pressure higher than 90 mmHg or those who reported taking antihypertensive medication
  2. bFasting glucose higher than 126 mg/dL or those who reported taking antidiabetic medication
  3. cTriglyceride higher than 150 mg/mL, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol lower than 40 mg/dL or those who reported taking medication for dyslipidemia
  4. dHaving at least one of the aforementioned factors
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