Table 3.

ROC curve analysis of the VAI and traditional adiposity indicators for predicting metabolically unhealthy phenotype among normal-weight, overweight and obese individuals.

Test variables	MUNW			MUO
	AUC ± SE	95% CI	P value	AUC ± SE	95% CI	P value
Total
VAI	0.784 ± 0.020	0.745–0.824	< 0.001	0.822 ± 0.022	0.779–0.864	< 0.001
BMI (kg/m2)	0.682 ± 0.021	0.641–0.724	< 0.001	0.694 ± 0.032	0.631–0.757	< 0.001
WC (cm)	0.709 ± 0.021	0.668–0.749	< 0.001	0.716 ± 0.031	0.656–0.776	< 0.001
WHtR	0.685 ± 0.021	0.645–0.728	< 0.001	0.692 ± 0.031	0.631–0.753	< 0.001
Boys
VAI	0.808 ± 0.027	0.755–0.862	< 0.001	0.829 ± 0.026	0.777–0.880	< 0.001
BMI (kg/m2)	0.632 ± 0.031	0.572–0.692	< 0.001	0.746 ± 0.037	0.674–0.818	< 0.001
WC (cm)	0.667 ± 0.029	0.610–0.725	< 0.001	0.761 ± 0.036	0.692–0.831	< 0.001
WHtR	0.626 ± 0.031	0.564–0.687	< 0.001	0.743 ± 0.036	0.673–0.813	< 0.001
Girls
VAI	0.763 ± 0.029	0.706–0.820	< 0.001	0.816 ± 0.039	0.739–0.892	< 0.001
BMI (kg/m2)	0.730 ± 0.029	0.674–0.787	< 0.001	0.584 ± 0.058	0.470–0.697	0.147
WC (cm)	0.746 ± 0.029	0.690–0.802	< 0.001	0.618 ± 0.057	0.506–0.730	0.041
WHtR	0.738 ± 0.028	0.683–0.793	< 0.001	0.583 ± 0.058	0.469–0.696	0.152