Table 4 AUC and 95% CI of adiposity indices for identifying hypertension by sex and age

Male

164 (1827)^a

673 (2194)^a

972 (1940)^a

BMI

0.756 (0.716, 0.795)

0.638 (0.613, 0.664)

0.614 (0.589, 0.639)

WC

0.749 (0.709, 0.789)

0.651 (0.626, 0.677)

0.597 (0.572, 0.622)

WHtR

0.758 (0.720, 0.797)

0.653 (0.627, 0.678)

0.599 (0.574, 0.624)

ABSI

0.575 (0.532, 0.619)

0.567 (0.541, 0.593)

0.507 (0.481, 0.533)

BFP

0.673 (0.634, 0.713)

0.606 (0.581, 0.631)

0.595 (0.569, 0.620)

VAI

0.727 (0.684, 0.769)

0.625 (0.599, 0.651)

0.607 (0.582, 0.632)

BMI combined with WC

0.756 (0.716, 0.796)

0.652 (0.627, 0.678)

0.605 (0.580, 0.630)

Female

113 (2608)^a

1016 (3581)^a

1309 (2423)^a

BMI

0.738 (0.688, 0.787)

0.619 (0.599, 0.639)

0.612 (0.590, 0.634)

WC

0.718 (0.665, 0.771)

0.619 (0.598, 0.640)

0.604 (0.581, 0.626)

WHtR

0.746 (0.696, 0.795)

0.624 (0.603, 0.644)

0.610 (0.588, 0.632)

ABSI

0.581 (0.527, 0.635)

0.543 (0.522, 0.564)

0.523 (0.500, 0.547)

BFP

0.722 (0.665, 0.778)

0.607 (0.586, 0.628)

0.591 (0.568, 0.613)

VAI

0.725 (0.676, 0.774)

0.616 (0.596, 0.637)

0.602 (0.580, 0.624)

BMI combined with WC

0.727 (0.675, 0.780)

0.622 (0.602, 0.643)

0.610 (0.588, 0.632)