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. 2017 Nov 8;22(1):49–54. doi: 10.1016/j.bjpt.2017.10.007

Table 2.

Diagnostic properties of different anthropometric indicators in the detection of HBP in study adolescents.

AUC(95% CI) Sensitivity(95% CI) Specificity(95% CI) PPV(95% CI) NPV(95% CI)
BMI 0.60 (0.59; 0.61) 0.35 (0.32; 0.37) 0.86 (0.85; 0.87) 0.30 (0.28; 0.33) 0.88 (0.87; 0.89)
WC 0.59 (0.58; 0.60) 0.37 (0.34; 0.40) 0.82 (0.81; 0.83) 0.26 (0.24; 0.29) 0.88 (0.87; 0.89)
WTHR 0.57 (0.56; 0.58) 0.31 (0.28; 0.33) 0.83 (0.82; 0.84) 0.25 (0.22; 0.27) 0.87 (0.86; 0.88)

Legends: BMI, body mass index; WC, waist circumference; WTHR, waist to height ratio; AUC, area under the curve; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval; PPV, positive predictive value; NPV, negative predictive value.