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. 2018 Sep 17;18:218. doi: 10.1186/s12877-018-0912-2

Table 3.

AUC and corresponding 95% CI of anthropometric indices in men and women

Variables Men (n = 5998) Women (n = 3964)
AUC (95% CI) P Value AUC (95% CI) P value
WC 0.629*(0.600,0.659) < 0.001 0.616 (0.581,0.651) < 0.001
WHtR 0.629*(0.600,0.658) < 0.001 0.609**(0.574,0.644) < 0.001
BMI 0.655 (0.626,0.684) < 0.001 0.635 (0.602,0.667) < 0.001
VAI 0.609*(0.578,0.639) < 0.001 0.582* (0.548,0.617) < 0.001
ABSI 0.507*(0.477,0.538) 0.631 0.503*(0.465,0.540) 0.882
BRI 0.629*(0.600,0.658) < 0.001 0.609**(0.574,0.644) < 0.001

AUC area under curve, CI confidence interval

*Compared with the AUC of BMI, p < 0.05

** Compared with the AUC of BMI, p = 0.051