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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2007 Oct 22;152(2):185–190. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.08.007

Table III.

ROC analysis of sensitivity and specificity for childhood metabolic variables

Variable Value Sensitivity Specificity

BMI(percentile) 59 0.65 0.63
54 0.7 0.56
44 0.75 0.45
37 0.8 0.38
20 0.85 0.28
23 0.9 0.21
61 0.63 0.65
66 0.59 0.7
71 0.5 0.75
78 0.43 0.8
85 0.36 0.85
90 0.27 0.9

FG(mg/dL) 85 0.65 0.44
84 0.7 0.4
83 0.75 0.35
82 0.8 0.31
81 0.85 0.23
78 0.9 0.16
88 0.5 0.65
89 0.45 0.7
90 0.4 0.75
91 0.33 0.8
93 0.22 0.85
95 0.13 0.9

TG(mg/dL) 63 0.65 0.5
59 0.7 0.42
56 0.75 0.37
52 0.8 0.3
50 0.85 0.24
46 0.9 0.19
72 0.54 0.65
77 0.49 0.7
81 0.45 0.75
88 0.4 0.8
95 0.31 0.85
109 0.22 0.9

HDL(mg/dL) 54 0.65 0.55
55 0.7 0.53
56 0.75 0.47
58 0.8 0.4
60 0.85 0.31
63 0.9 0.24
50 0.55 0.65
49 0.52 0.7
47 0.4 0.75
46 0.35 0.8
44 0.3 0.85
40 0.2 0.9

SBP(percentile) 27 0.65 0.45
22 0.7 0.38
18 0.75 0.31
15 0.8 0.25
12 0.85 0.2
8 0.9 0.14
44 0.49 0.65
50 0.44 0.7
58 0.39 0.75
66 0.33 0.8
73 0.25 0.85
81 0.18 0.9

DBP(percentile) 38 0.65 0.43
35 0.7 0.38
27 0.75 0.29
23 0.8 0.24
17 0.85 0.2
13 0.9 0.14
63 0.36 0.65
66 0.33 0.7
71 0.28 0.75
74 0.23 0.8
79 0.18 0.85
85 0.14 0.9

Note. In ROC analysis, we pegged either sensitivity or specificity to preset values of 0.65 – 0.9 and estimated the corresponding values in the variable of interest.