Novel and traditional anthropometric indices for identifying metabolic syndrome in non-overweight/obese adults

Nutrition & Metabolism

Table 5 Pairwise comparison for ROC curves for the identification of MetS

	WHtR -BRI	WHtR -ABSI	WHtR -AVI	WHtR -WWI	BRI -ABSI	BRI -AVI	BRI -WWI	ABSI -AVI	ABSI -WWI	AVI -WWI
Male
Diff. AUC	0.005	0.072	0.009	0.046	0.077	0.003	0.051	0.081	0.026	0.055
SE	0.003	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.01	0.02	0.01	0.02
p value	0.079	0.003	0.64	0.003	< 0.001	0.84	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.06	0.026
Female
Diff. AUC	0.001	0.072	0.003	0.048	0.073	0.002	0.049	0.075	0.024	0.051
SE	0.002	0.03	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.02	0.03
p value	0.70	< 0.001	0.88	0.006	0.007	0.93	0.004	< 0.001	0.12	0.049

P values marked in bold are significant
AUC area under curve, SE standard error, WtHR waist-to-height ratio, BRI body roundness index, WWI weight adjusted waist index, AVI abdominal volume index, ABS a body shape index

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