Table 4.

Area Under Curve (AUC), Sensitivity, Specificity, and Youden Index, Positive and Negative Predictive Values for Evaluation of Anthropometric Indices for Screening Hypertension Among Employees of Mizan Tepi University 2020

Sex	Antropometric Index	AUC (95% CI)	Optimal Cutoff	Sensitiviy (%)	Specificiy (%)	Yuden Index (J)	PPV(%)	NPV(%)
Male	WHR	0.696(0.626–0.766)**	0.90	72.00	64.70	36.70	37.10	88.1
	WC	0.767(0.709–0.825)**	85.17	80.00	66.60	46.60	47.70	83.6
	BMI	0.676(0.601–0.752)**	24.60	48.00	84.88	32.90	47.10	84.00
	WHtR	0.769(0.711–0.827)**	0.51	76.00	69.37	45.40	37.10	92.6
Female	WHR	0.656(0.567–0.746)*	0.92	46. 00	82.40	29.20	21.90	87.00
	WC	0.732(0.659–0.805)**	85.67	72.30	66.80	39.10	24.70	94.90
	BMI	0.694(0.601–0.786)**	24.80	80.00	57.40	37.40	37.50	87.80
	WHtR	0.766(0.695–0.837)**	0.52	85.00	60.00	45.00	25.30	95.10

Notes: **Significant at 0.01 level and *Significant at 0.05 level.

Abbreviations: AUC, area under the curve; WHR, waist to hip ratio; WC, waist circumference; BMI, body mass index; WHtR, waist to height ratio; PPV, positive predictive value; NPV, negative predictive value.