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. 2020 May 15;26:9. doi: 10.1186/s40885-020-00142-2

Table 5.

Best cutoff values of baseline WHtR to predict hypertension in the cross-sectional and cohort studies

Cross-sectional study N = 1727 Cutoff value Sensitivity Specificity PPV NPV Efficiency
 Men N = 768 0.5250 44.3% 80.2% 69.1% 59.0% 62.2%
 Women N = 959 0.5376 60.9% 68.6% 66.0% 63.7% 64.8%
Cohort study N = 419 Cutoff value Sensitivity Specificity PPV NPV Efficiency
 Men N = 164 0.4701 85.4% 39.8% 58.7% 73.2% 62.6%
 Women N = 255 0.5136 66.7% 58.2% 61.5% 62.6% 62.5%

PPV positive predictive value; NPV negative predictive value