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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Obes (Lond). 2015 Dec 1;40(5):761–767. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2015.243

Table 2.

A: Diagnostic Performance for Body Mass Index using cutoffs of ≥25kg/m2 and ≥30kg/m2 by Age Group and Sex

BMI≥25kg/m2 BMI≥30kg/m2

Sensitivity Specificity Correctly
Classified
PPV NPV +LR −LR C-
index
Sensitivity Specificity Correctly
Classified
PPV NPV + LR −LR C-
index
Men
≥60years 80.7 81.4 80.8 96.9 37.0 4.34 0.24 0.81 32.9 99.6 41.0 99.8 17.2 79.7 0.67 0.66
60–69.9years 87.2 76.3 85.7 96.0 47.6 3.68 0.17 0.82 40.3 99.2 48.1 99.7 20.2 51.8 0.60 0.70
70–79.9years 79.5 87.3 80.4 98.0 35.4 6.25 0.24 0.83 30.9 100.0 38.7 100.0 15.7 --- 0.69 0.65
80+ years 63.2 86.9 65.8 97.5 22.4 4.80 0.42 0.75 14.5 100.0 23.9 100.0 12.7 --- 0.86 0.57

Females
≥60years 76.9 91.6 78.5 98.7 32.2 9.10 0.25 0.84 38.5 98.8 45.1 99.9 88.5 233.4 0.62 0.69
60–69.9years 79.7 91.3 80.7 99.1 28.3 9.12 0.22 0.86 44.5 99.5 49.0 99.9 13.6 96.8 0.56 0.72
70–79.9years 78.8 92.2 80.0 99.0 30.4 10.1 0.23 0.85 37.7 100.0 43.4 100.0 13.9 --- 0.62 0.69
80+ years 65.7 91.3 70.8 96.9 39.4 7.59 0.38 0.79 23.4 100.0 38.4 100.0 24.1 --- 0.77 0.62
B: Diagnostic Performance for Waist Circumference for Diagnosing Obesity using sex-specific cutoffs by Age Group and Sex

Waist Circumference ≥102cm in Males or ≥88cm in Females

Sensitivity Specificity Correctly
Classified
PPV NPV +LR −LR C-index
Men
≥60years 59.7 95.5 64.2 98.9 74.4 13.11 0.42 0.78
60–69.9years 64.9 96.0 69.1 99.0 69.7 16.2 0.37 0.80
70–79.9years 59.8 92.6 63.7 98.4 76.4 8.03 0.43 0.76
80+ years 44.0 100 50.3 100.0 81.3 --- 0.56 0.72

Females
≥60years 80.5 85.5 81.0 97.9 65.7 5.54 0.23 0.83
60–69.9years 80.6 89.6 81.4 98.9 70.7 7.77 0.22 0.85
70–79.9years 82.1 85.5 82.4 98.3 67.6 5.65 0.21 0.84
80+ years 77.0 81.2 77.8 100.0 83.7 4.08 0.28 0.79

All sensitivity, specificity, correctly classified values and predictive values represent percentages

Abbreviations: C-index: concordance index; BMI: body mass index; C-index: concordance index; +LR: positive likelihood ratio; -LR: negative likelihood ratio