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. 2021 Jul 20;14(4):397–404. doi: 10.1159/000516991

Table 3.

Results of ROC curve analyses and Youden cutoff values for identifying obesity and overweight in consideration of sex

Obesity AUC Sensitivity/specificity Silhouette cutoff value for obesity Youden index
Men 0.885 (95% CI 0.848; 0.921) 0.92/0.76 ≥6 0.68
Women 0.919 (95% CI 0.891; 0.948) 0.80/0.89 ≥6 0.69
Overweight AUC Sensitivity/ specificity Silhouette cutoff value for overweight Youden index
Men 0.706 (95% CI 0.661; 0.751) 0.88/0.69 ≥5 0.57
Women 0.762 (95% CI 0.723; 0.801) 0.86/0.79 ≥5 0.65

AUC, area under the curve; ROC, receiver operating characteristic. Youden Index is defined as sensitivity plus specificity minus 1 [16].