Novel Anthropometric Indices as Screening Tools for Obesity: A Study on Healthy Iranians

Table 5

Optimal cut-off points, sensitivity, and specificity of different anthropometric indicators for identifying overweight and obesity in male and female patients.

Anthropometric indicators	Cutoff point	Sensitivity (%)	1-Specificity (%)	PPV (%)	NPV (%)	LP	LN
Overweight males
NC	33.85	80	36	56	89	2.22	0.31
WC	85.15	92	30	57	90	3.07	0.11
HC	98.25	90	26	65	88	3.46	0.14
WHtR	0.53	90	22	59	83	4.09	0.13
NHtR	0.21	80	26	70	89	3.08	0.27
AVI	15.56	86	19	72	90	4.53	0.17
Obese males
NC	36.95	60	35	56	83	1.71	0.62
WC	96.35	90	20	57	89	4.50	0.13
HC	104.95	90	19	61	91	4.74	0.12
WHtR	0.58	76	30	55	87	2.53	0.34
NHtR	0.22	93	20	54	92	4.65	0.09
AVI	18.39	90	25	59	89	3.60	0.13
Overweight females
NC	34.56	70	27	60	80	2.59	0.41
WC	88.15	83	19	55	83	4.37	0.21
HC	99.35	85	20	57	81	4.25	0.19
WHtR	0.53	86	19	61	89	4.53	0.17
NHtR	0.21	80	26	70	91	3.08	0.27
AVI	15.94	81	16	72	90	5.06	0.23
Obese females
NC	36.95	61	23	55	90	2.65	0.51
WC	95.95	89	20	60	92	4.45	0.14
HC	104.55	93	19	59	86	4.89	0.09
WHtR	0.56	80	26	66	80	3.08	0.27
NHtR	0.22	96	30	64	83	3.20	0.06
AVI	18.18	90	21	60	92	4.29	0.13

AVI, abdominal volume index; BMI, body mass index; HC, hip circumference; LN, negative likelihood; LP, positive likelihood; NC, neck circumference; NHtR, neck-to-height ratio; NPV, negative predictive value; PPV, positive predictive value; WC, waist circumference; WHtR, waist-to-hip ratio.