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. 2014 Nov 19;2014:592642. doi: 10.1155/2014/592642

(a) Recognition of women with BMI ≥25. (prevalence of BMI ≥25: 68.4%)

Body Circumference Area under the ROC curve Cutoff value (cm) Sensitivity (%) Specificity (%)
ABC 0.97 (0.94–0.99) >44.0 90.2 88.5
UBC 0.94 (0.91–0.94) >36.7 87.9 86.9
LBC 0.93 (0.89–0.96) >56.3 84.9 82.0
(N + W + H + A + Th)/5 0.96 (0.94–0.98) >58.0 90.2 86.9
(W + H + A + Th)/4 0.96 (0.93–0.98) >63.9 90.9 85.3
Neck 0.88 (0.83–0.93) >32.6 87.1 75.4
Waist 0.90 (0.86–0.95) >83.9 90.2 73.8
Hip 0.93 (0.89–0.96) >101.4 90.2 80.3