Table I.

Cut-off points of waist circumference and body mass index for detecting diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, and hypertension in 25 to 64-year-old Iranians according to the First Non-Communicable Disease Survey in Iran in 2005

Disease	Gender	Anthropometric indices	Cut-off point	Sensitivity (95% CI)	Specificity (95% CI)
Hypertension	Male	BMI	25.7	0.55 (0.54-0.55)	0.64 (0.64-0.65)
		WC	89.7	0.63 (0.63-0.64)	0.59 (0.59-0.60)
	Female	BMI	26.9	0.62 (0.62-0.62)	0.57 (0.56-0.57)
		WC	93.9	0.63 (0.62-0.63)	0.60 (0.60-0.61)
Diabetes	Male	BMI	24.8	0.69 (0.68-0.69)	0.50 (0.50-0.51)
		WC	89.4	0.71 (0.70-0.71)	0.53 (0.53-0.54)
	Female	BMI	26.3	0.71 (0.71-0.71)	0.46 (0.46-0.47)
		WC	96.2	0.61 (0.61-0.62)	0.62 (0.62-0.63)
Hypercholesterolemia	Male	BMI	24.0	0.69 (0.69-0.70)	0.49 (0.49-0.50)
		WC	88.2	0.62 (0.62-0.63)	0.57 (0.57-0.58)
	Female	BMI	26.1	0.64 (0.64-0.65)	0.51 (0.50-0.51)
		WC	90.0	0.66 (0.65-0.66)	0.53 (0.52-0.53)

BMI – body mass index [kg/m²], WC – waist circumference [cm]