Identification of an obesity index for predicting metabolic syndrome by gender: the rural Chinese cohort study

BMC Endocrine Disorders

Table 2 AUC values for WC, WHtR, BMI, and LAP for predicting MetS by gender

Model	Variables	Men (n = 4085)		Women (n = 4383)
Model	Variables	AUC (95% CIs)	p-value⃰	AUC (95% CIs)	p-value⃰
Model 1	WC	0.858 (0.847–0.868)	–	0.804 (0.792–0.816)	–
	WHtR	0.819 (0.807–0.831)	< 0.001	0.789 (0.776–0.801)	< 0.001
	BMI	0.821 (0.808–0.832)	< 0.001	0.781 (0.768–0.793)	< 0.001
	LAP	0.796 (0.783–0.808)	< 0.001	0.770 (0.758–0.783)	< 0.001
Model 2	WC	0.862 (0.851–0.873)	–	0.805 (0.793–0.817)	–
	WHtR	0.831 (0.820–0.843)	< 0.001	0.789 (0.776–0.801)	< 0.001
	BMI	0.823 (0.811–0.835)	< 0.001	0.790 (0.778–0.802)	0.012
	LAP	0.798 (0.785–0.810)	< 0.001	0.770 (0.758–0.783)	< 0.001
Model 3	WC	0.862 (0.851–0.873)	–	0.806 (0.794–0.817)	–
	WHtR	0.832 (0.820–0.843)	< 0.001	0.789 (0.777–0.801)	< 0.001
	BMI	0.824 (0.812–0.835)	< 0.001	0.790 (0.778–0.802)	0.010
	LAP	0.798 (0.785–0.810)	< 0.001	0.771 (0.759–0.784)	< 0.001

Abbreviations: AUC the area under the ROC curve, WC waist circumference, WHtR waist-to-height ratio, BMI body mass index, LAP lipid accumulation product
Model 1: unadjusted model
Model 2: adjusted for age
Model 3: adjusted for age, smoking, drinking, physical activity, and education level
*p-value indicates the statistical significance of other models compared with a model of WC

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