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Table 7 Comparison of ROC analyses of the association of hypertension and anthropometric indices of adiposity by sex

From: Sex differences in the association of abdominal adipose tissue and anthropometric data with untreated hypertension in a Chinese population

Variables

AUC (95% CI)

P

Cutoff

Sensitivity

Specificity

Youden Index

Men

 BMI (kg/m2)

0.654 [0.611, 0.696]

< 0.001

24.69

0.64

0.62

0.26

 HC (cm)

0.658 [0.614, 0.700]

< 0.001

100.6

0.49

0.78

0.27

 WC (cm)

0.706 [0.664, 0.746]

< 0.001

86.5

0.70

0.61

0.31

 VAT(cm2)

0.732 [0.690, 0.770]

< 0.001

173.77

0.58

0.76

0.34

Women

 BMI (kg/m2)

0.651 [0.619, 0.681]

< 0.001

25.25

0.59

0.66

0.24

 HC(cm)

0.638 [0.606, 0.668]

< 0.001

97.5

0.57

0.64

0.21

 WC (cm)

0.674 [0.643, 0.704]

< 0.001

87.0

0.49

0.75

0.25

 VAT(cm2)

0.703 [0.673, 0.732]

< 0.001

138.91

0.64

0.67

0.31

  1. BMI body mass index, WC waist circumference, HC hip circumference, VAT visceral adipose tissue