Table 2. Adipometric variables and discrimination of any two components of metabolic syndrome in the derivation sample.

Variables	AUC (95% CI)	p-value for differences in AUC
		vs. BMI	vs. WC	vs. Hip	vs. WHR	vs. WHtR
Overall
BMI	0.654 (0.599–0.708)	–
WC	0.681 (0.628–0.733)	0.013	–
Hip	0.661 (0.611–0.711)	0.589	0.158	–
WHR	0.594 (0.534–0.655)	0.075	0.002	0.080	–
WHtR	0.619 (0.562–0.677)	0.035	0.0003	0.070	0.352	–
ABSI	0.503 (0.443–0.563)	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	0.096	0.010
Boys
BMI	0.726 (0.655–0.796)	–
WC	0.740 (0.669–0.811)	0.232	–
Hip	0.731 (0.664–0.797)	0.771	0.540	–
WHR	0.617 (0.535–0.698)	0.009	0.001	0.016	–
WHtR	0.678 (0.600–0.757)	0.059	0.018	0.134	0.044	–
ABSI	0.505 (0.422–0.587)	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	0.0003	0.0003
Girls
BMI	0.631 (0.543–0.719)	–
WC	0.642 (0.564–0.719)	0.579	–
Hip	0.647 (0.571–0.724)	0.517	0.824	–
WHR	0.473 (0.376–0.570)	0.039	0.033	0.006	–
WHtR	0.618 (0.532–0.704)	0.604	0.268	0.433	0.086	–
ABSI	0.527 (0.434–0.620)	0.021	0.040	0.008	0.296	0.144

ABSI, A Body Shape Index; AUC, area under the receiver-operating characteristic curve; BMI, body mass index; Hip, hip circumference; WC, waist circumference; WHR, waist-to-hip ratio; WHtR, waist-to-height ratio; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval.