Table 3.

Area under ROC curve of BMI-for-age, WHtR-for-age and WHtR for identifying hypertensive BP in both sexes

Risk factor	Measure	Boys		Girls
		AUC	95% CI	AUC	95% CI
Systolic BP ≥ P95
	BMI-for-age (Z-score)	0.720	0.689–0.751	0.655	0.618–0.693
	WHtR-for-age	0.697	0.665–0.728	0.646	0.607–0.686
	WHtR	0.692	0.660–0.724	0.648	0.608–0.687
Diastolic BP ≥ P95
	BMI-for age (Z-score)	0.613	0.572–0.654	0.557	0.512–0.601
	WHtR-for-age	0.606	0.564–0.648	0.566	0.522–0.610
	WHtR	0.604	0.562–0.646	0.567	0.523–0.611
Hypertensive BP #
	BMI-for age (Z-score)	0.684	0.655–0.712	0.607	0.574–0.641
	WHtR-for-age	0.667	0.638–0.695	0.604	0.570–0.638
	WHtR	0.664	0.635–0.692	0.605	0.571–0.639

P95 = 95th percentile.

^#Systolic and/or diastolic BP ≥ 95th percentile or ≥ the adult threshold for hypertension of 140/90 mm Hg.