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. 2014 Jun 17;9(6):e100223. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100223

Table 2. Determination of the optimal cutoffs values and AUC for BMI, BAI and WC in Amerindian and General population.

Population Antropometric index Cutoffs Sensitivity Specificity PPV NPV AUC (95%CI) p value
Amerindian
Men
BMI 29.26 0.57 0.11 0.87 0.11 0.68 (0.42–0.94) 0.110
BAI 25.15 0.86 0.24 0.74 0.27 0.84 (0.66–1.00) 0.002
WC 96.60 0.57 0.08 0.90 0.08 0.78 (0.59–0.97) 0.010
Women
BMI 25.32 0.89 0.51 0.48 0.62 0.68 (0.55–0.80) 0.070
BAI 34.70 0.67 0.23 0.75 0.24 0.77 (0.63–0.92) 0.005
WC 85.65 0.89 0.43 0.56 0.52 0.74 (0.63–0.86) 0.010
General
Men
BMI 28.33 0.51 0.22 0.73 0.24 0.70 (0.63–0.77) <0.001
BAI 28.75 0.51 0.19 0.76 0.20 0.69 (0.60–0.77) <0.001
WC 94.15 0.55 0.28 0.67 0.31 0.71 (0.63–0.78) <0.001
Women
BMI 30.18 0.62 0.18 0.76 0.20 0.75 (0.68–0.81) <0.001
BAI 36.65 0.51 0.19 0.75 0.19 0.68 (0.60–0.75) <0.001
WC 89.75 0.74 0.26 0.69 0.31 0.79 (0.74–0.85)* <0.001

T2DM, type 2 diabetes mellitus; BMI, body mass index; BAI, body adiposity index; WC, waist circumference; AUC, area under the ROC curve; CI, confidence interval; PPV, positive predictive value; NPV, negative predictive value.

*WC vs BAI, p = 0.02.

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