Table 5. Optimal cutoffs of waist circumference for myocardial infarction and ischemic stroke in different sex.
Outcome | Sex | WC cutoff, cm | Sensitivity | Specificity | Youden's index | Area under the curve |
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Myocardial infarction | Male | 84 | 0.588 | 0.509 | 1.097 | 0.563 |
Female | 78 | 0.649 | 0.603 | 1.251 | 0.667 | |
Ischemic stroke | Male | 85 | 0.525 | 0.562 | 1.088 | 0.558 |
Female | 78 | 0.663 | 0.603 | 1.267 | 0.677 |
WC, waist circumference.