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Table 5 Comparison of predefined anthropometric cut-offs for predicting incident diabetes in men and women from the Spanish EPIC (European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition) cohort

From: Risk of type 2 diabetes according to traditional and emerging anthropometric indices in Spain, a Mediterranean country with high prevalence of obesity: results from a large-scale prospective cohort study

 

Sensitivity

Specificity

Correctly classified1

MEN

   

Body mass index ≥ 25 kg/m2

94.7%

14.7%

22.0%

Body mass index ≥ 30 kg/m2

49.9%

74.1%

71.9%

IDF waist circumference (WC ≥ 94 cm)

89.6%

28.4%

34.0%

NCEP waist circumference (WC ≥ 102 cm)

57.5%

66.2%

65.4%

Waist-to-hip ratio ≥ 0.90

94.4%

16.8%

23.8%

Waist-to-height ratio ≥ 0.5

98.8%

4.8%

13.4%

WOMEN

   

Body mass index ≥ 25 kg/m2

94.2%

29.5%

33.0%

Body mass index ≥ 30 kg/m2

64.4%

72.5%

72.1%

IDF waist circumference (WC ≥ 80 cm)

96.1%

29.3%

32.8%

NCEP waist circumference (WC ≥ 88 cm)

82.0%

58.2%

59.5%

Waist-to-hip ratio ≥ 0.85

64.4%

68.4%

68.2%

Waist-to-height ratio ≥ 0.5

97.6%

26.3%

30.1%

  1. NCEP: national cholesterol education program, IDF: international diabetes federation.
  2. 1 Proportion of participants with correctly classified diabetes status according to the respective cut-off point of each binary anthropometric variable considered.