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. 2015 Aug 19;15:794. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-2150-2

Table 5.

The area under the curve of each anthropometric measure for the presence of DM in both genders

Index Men (n = 5253) Women (n = 6092)
ABSI 0.61 (0.58, 0.63) 0.61 (0.59, 0.63)
BMI 0.63 (0.60, 0.65) 0.62 (0.60, 0.65)
BRI 0.66 (0.63, 0.68) 0.67 (0.65, 0.69)
WC 0.65 (0.63, 0.67) 0.66 (0.64, 0.68)
WHtR 0.66 (0.63, 0.68) 0.67 (0.65, 0.69)

Abbreviations: ABSI a body shape index, BMI body mass index, BRI body roundness index, DM diabetes mellitus, WC waist circumference, WHtR waist-to-height ratio