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. 2016 Oct 13;16:1079. doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-3694-5

Table 4.

Optimal operating points of the obesity indices for predicting CVD risk factors and MetS

BMI WC WHR WHtR BAI
OOP (kg/m2) SEN (%) SPE (%) OOP (cm) SEN (%) SPE (%) OOP SEN (%) SPE (%) OOP (cm/kg) SEN (%) SPE (%) OOP SEN (%) SPE (%)
Male
 Hypertension 23.24 73.41 49.03 84.56 67.13 57.21 0.88 71.78 54.14 0.48 76.11 51.11 24.74 70.12 51.13
 Dyslipidemia 23.81 72.29 61.01 84.13 70.19 64.64 0.88 72.32 59.87 0.49 74.04 60.62 24.83 69.14 53.18
 Diabetes 24.46 63.72 56.18 85.74 69.13 56.32 0.89 71.14 57.43 0.50 74.28 51.21 25.11 67.79 47.81
 MetS 24.48 78.10 70.47 84.92 88.62 70.71 0.88 82.31 64.76 0.51 80.54 72.04 25.10 74.63 58.42
Female
 Hypertension 23.64 71.33 56.39 80.14 71.71 63.12 0.85 71.13 60.55 0.51 71.42 65.36 29.44 71.12 56.23
 Dyslipidemia 23.25 75.17 51.12 79.32 72.62 58.81 0.84 72.22 57.68 0.50 73.83 58.87 29.12 69.73 51.22
 Diabetes 24.47 63.42 58.17 81.58 71.88 58.59 0.86 74.83 61.42 0.52 77.34 56.69 30.35 59.14 58.54
 MetS 24.16 77.13 66.76 79.86 90.47 66.47 0.85 79.54 65.83 0.51 84.39 68.03 29.29 77.82 55.63