Metabolic syndrome and its predictors in an urban population in Kenya: A cross sectional study

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Table 6 Summary of ROC curve and Youden Index analysis for BMI, WC, VAI and LAP as predictors of MetS

Gender	Variable	AUC (95% CI)	YI	Cut-off	Sensitivity	Specificity
Males & Females	BMI	0.766 (0.725–0.808)	0.457	26.23	0.770	0.687
	WC	0.825 (0.789–0.862)	0.518	89.5	0.867	0.651
	VAI	0.858 (0.818–0.897)	0.599	2.057	0.726	0.873
	LAP	0.880 (0.846–0.914)	0.591	37.205	0.815	0.776
Males	BMI	0.841 (0.789–0.892)	0.587	25.71	0.859	0.728
	WC	0.913 (0.879–0.947)	0.759	93.5	0.957	0.806
	VAI	0.905 (0.859–0.951)	0.697	1.727	0.922	0.775
	LAP	0.949 (0.923–0.976)	0.749	42.895	0.843	0.749
Females	BMI	0.702 (0.638–0.765)	0.363	24.99	0.873	0.49
	WC	0.766 (0.710–0.821)	0.453	85.5	0.859	0.594
	VAI	0.814 (0.752–0.876)	0.529	2.065	0.648	0.881
	LAP	0.822 (0.764–0.879)	0.502	30.56	0.775	0.728

Abbreviations AUC Area under the curve, BMI Body mass index, CI Confidence intervals, LAP Lipid accumulation product, WC Waist circumference, VAI Visceral adiposity index, YI Youden Index

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