Table 2.

Areas under the ROC curve for the obesity-related parameters as well as the sensitivity and specificity at the optimal cutoff point for detecting two or more components of metabolic syndrome other than waist circumference

^*P value compared with the visceral fat area by the method of Hanley and McNeil (19). ROC, receiver operating characteristic; VFA, visceral fat area; WC, waist circumference; BMI, body mass index; WHR, waist-to-hip circumference ratio; V/S, visceral-to-subcutaneous fat area ratio; SFA, subcutaneous fat area ratio.