Table 2. Optimal current body size cut-offs for overweight/obesity and underweight by sex and age.
Age (years) | Underweight | Overweight/obesity | ||||||||||
n (%) | CBS | Sensitivity | Specificity | J | LR+ | CBS | Sensitivity | Specificity | J | LR+ | ||
Boys | All | 2451 | 3 | 0.748 | 0.764 | 0.512 | 3.2 | 5 | 0.870 | 0.690 | 0.560 | 2.8 |
12–<13 | 359 (14.6) | 3 | 0.696 | 0.882 | 0.578 | 5.9 | 5 | 0.788 | 0.734 | 0.522 | 3.0 | |
13–<14 | 522 (21.3) | 3 | 0.697 | 0.792 | 0.488 | 3.3 | 5 | 0.856 | 0.742 | 0.597 | 3.3 | |
14–<15 | 527 (21.5) | 3 | 0.779 | 0.850 | 0.629 | 5.2 | 5 | 0.900 | 0.689 | 0.589 | 2.9 | |
15–<16 | 468 (19.1) | 3 | 0.759 | 0.737 | 0.496 | 2.9 | 6 | 0.762 | 0.889 | 0.651 | 6.9 | |
16–<17 | 338 (13.8) | 3 | 0.811 | 0.500 | 0.311 | 1.6 | 5 | 0.973 | 0.671 | 0.644 | 3.0 | |
17–<18 | 237 (9.7) | 3 | 0.758 | 0.900 | 0.658 | 7.6 | 6 | 0.619 | 0.898 | 0.517 | 6.1 | |
Girls | All | 2967 | 3 | 0.580 | 0.885 | 0.465 | 5.0 | 5 | 0.652 | 0.873 | 0.525 | 5.1 |
12–<13 | 455 (15.3) | 2 | 0.830 | 0.645 | 0.475 | 2.3 | 5 | 0.500 | 0.954 | 0.454 | 11.0 | |
13–<14 | 577 (19.4) | 3 | 0.538 | 0.935 | 0.474 | 8.3 | 5 | 0.672 | 0.894 | 0.566 | 6.3 | |
14–<15 | 581 (19.6) | 3 | 0.901 | 0.611 | 0.512 | 2.3 | 5 | 0.654 | 0.873 | 0.527 | 5.2 | |
15–<16 | 571 (19.2) | 3 | 0.625 | 0.814 | 0.439 | 3.4 | 5 | 0.774 | 0.850 | 0.624 | 5.2 | |
16–<17 | 413 (13.9) | 3 | 0.643 | 0.906 | 0.549 | 6.9 | 5 | 0.650 | 0.842 | 0.492 | 4.1 | |
17–<18 | 370 (12.5) | 3 | 0.658 | 0.889 | 0.547 | 5.9 | 5 | 0.800 | 0.816 | 0.616 | 4.4 |
CBS: current body size; J: Youden index; LR+: positive likelihood ratio.