Table 2.

Calculated areas under the ROC curves and their 95% CI of anthropometric indices for detecting metabolic abnormalities

	High blood pressure	High fasting blood glucose	Elevated triacylglycerol	Low HDL
	AUC (95% CI)	AUC (95% CI)	AUC (95% CI)	AUC (95% CI)
Males
BMI	0.662 (0.630, 0.693)	0.631 (0.587, 0.676) b	0.638 (0.604, 0.673) b	0.615 (0.578, 0.652)
WC	0.662 (0.631, 0.694)	0.690 (0.647, 0.733) a	0.666 (0.633, 0.699) a	0.621 (0.584, 0.658)
WHR	0.646 (0.614, 0.678)	0.720 (0.678, 0.761) a	0.655 (0.622, 0.688)	0.636 (0.600, 0.672)
WHtR	0.664 (0.633, 0.696)	0.702 (0.660, 0.744) a	0.662 (0.628, 0.695) a	0.610 (0.573, 0.647)
Females
BMI	0.731 (0.713, 0.748) a	0.683 (0.656, 0.711) b	0.695 (0.677, 0.713)	0.647 (0.627, 0.666) a
WC	0.722 (0.702, 0.741) a	0.715 (0.686, 0.744) a	0.692 (0.673, 0.710) b	0.640 (0.620, 0.660) a
WHR	0.675 (0.655, 0.695) b	0.731 (0.700, 0.761) a	0.684 (0.665, 0.703) b	0.622 (0.602, 0.642) b
WHtR	0.725 (0.706, 0.744) a	0.723 (0.694, 0.751) a	0.701 (0.683, 0.719) a	0.638 (0.618, 0.657) a

Notes: Within each column, anthropometric parameters with letter “a” are significantly superior to other parameters with letter “b”.

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; CI, confidence interval; AUC, area under concentration time curve; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; ROC, receiver-operating characteristic curve; WC, waist circumference; WHR, waist-to-hip ratio; WHtR, waist-to-height ratio.