Table 2.
Receiver operating curve cut-offs for cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) to predict overweight/obesity for different anthropometric indices, stratified by sex.
| Study variables | Body-mass index (kg/m2; ≥85th percentile denotes overweight/obesity) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VO2max (mlO2/kg/min) | AUC | 95% CI | Std. error | Value of p | Cut-off point |
| Boys (N = 766) | 0.83 | 0.78–0.88 | 0.027 | <0.001 | 44.6 |
| Girls (N = 866) | 0.86 | 0.82–0.90 | 0.022 | <0.001 | 41.0 |
| Waist circumference (cm; ≥85th percentile denotes overweight/obesity) | |||||
| VO2max (mlO2/kg/min) | AUC | 95% CI | Std. error | Value of p | Cut-off point |
| Boys (N = 766) | 0.77 | 0.71–0.83 | 0.031 | <0.001 | 46.4 |
| Girls (N = 866) | 0.83 | 0.79–0.88 | 0.024 | <0.001 | 40.8 |
| Waist-to-height ratio (≥0.5 denotes overweight/obesity) | |||||
| VO2max (mlO2/kg/min) | AUC | 95% CI | Std. error | Value of p | Cut-off point |
| Boys (N = 766) | 0.90 | 0.86–0.93 | 0.019 | <0.001 | 46.9 |
| Girls (N = 866) | 0.88 | 0.84–0.93 | 0.023 | <0.001 | 40.7 |