Table 2 The AUROC of each of the indices for the presence of metabolic syndrome components

Males

AUC (95 % CI)

AUC (95 % CI)

AUC (95 % CI)

AUC (95 % CI)

 BMI

0.611 (0.600–0.623)^*

0.615 (0.603–0.627)^*

0.672 (0.660–0.683)^*

0.634 (0.622–0.645)^*

 FM index

0.613 (0.601–0.624)^*

0.625 (0.614–0.637)^*

0.679 (0.668–0.690)^**

0.642 (0.630–0.653)^**

 LM index

0.571 (0.560–0.583)^*

0.569 (0.557–0.581)^*

0.611 (0.599–0.623)^*

0.587 (0.575–0.599)^*

 BMC index

0.536 (0.525–0.548)^*

0.517 (0.505–0.529)^*

0.531 (0.519–0.543)^*

0.540 (0.528–0.552)^*

 SM index

0.505 (0.493–0.517)^*

0.506 (0.494–0.518)^*

0.572 (0.561–0.584)^*

0.546 (0.534–0.558)^*

 TFM index

0.620 (0.609–0.632)^*

0.615 (0.604–0.627)^*

0.631 (0.619–0.642)^*

0.614 (0.602–0.625)^*

 WHtR

0.685 (0.674–0.696)

0.677 (0.665–0.688)

0.693 (0.682–0.704)

0.657 (0.644–0.667)

Females

AUC (95 % CI)

AUC (95 % CI)

AUC (95 % CI)

AUC (95 % CI)

 BMI

0.689 (0.679–0.698)^*

0.693 (0.683–0.703)^*

0.688 (0.678–0.698)^*

0.640 (0.630–0.650)^*

 FM index

0.665 (0.655–0.674)^*

0.676 (0.666–0.686)^*

0.680 (0.670–0.689)^*

0.627 (0.617–0.637)^*

 LM index

0.670 (0.660–0.680)^*

0.670 (0.660–0.679)^*

0.650 (0.640–0.660)^*

0.621 (0.611–0.631)^*

 BMC index

0.550 (0.540–0.560)^*

0.625 (0.615–0.635)^*

0.570 (0.559–0.580)^*

0.534 (0.524–0.544)^*

 SM index

0.615 (0.605–0.625)^*

0.604 (0.594–0.614)^*

0.597 (0.587–0.607)^*

0.595 (0.585–0.605)^*

 TFM index

0.690 (0.680–0.699)^*

0.684 (0.674–0.693)^*

0.664 (0.654–0.674)^*

0.621 (0.611–0.631)^*

 WHtR

0.735 (0.726–0.744)

0.776 (0.768–0.785)

0.738 (0.729–0.747)

0.671 (0.662–0.681)