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Table 3 The sex-specific cutoff point of adiposity indices for new-onset hypertension prediction in metabolically healthy adults

From: Adiposity indices and their higher predictive value for new-onset hypertension in metabolically healthy young women: findings from a population-based prospective cohort study

Indices

Sens

Spec

Max J

Cutoff

Men

 BMI

0.59

0.59

0.1811

23.59

 WHR

0.58

0.58

0.1573

0.87

 WC

0.67

0.51

0.1790

82

 WHtR

0.58

0.63

0.2084

0.49

Women

 BMI

0.46

0.73

0.1907

23.20

 WHR

0.64

0.54

0.1814

0.82

 WC

0.63

0.56

0.1906

76.8

 WHtR

0.71

0.51

0.2156

0.48

  1. AUC Area Under the Curve, CI Confidence Interval, Sens Sensitivity, Spec Specificity, Max J Maximal Youden Index, BMI Body mass index, WHR Waist-to-hip ratio, WC Waist circumference, WHtR Waist-to-height ratio
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