Cutoff points of adiposity anthropometric indices for low muscle mass screening in middle-aged and older healthy women

Table 3 Area under the ROC curve (95% CI), cut-off point, sensitivity and specificity of anthropometric adiposity indices to identify low muscle mass. Natal, RN, 2020

Variables	Area under the curve (IC 95%)	Cut-off point	Sensitivity	Specificity	P value
BMI (kg/m²)	0.69 (0.63–0.75)	29.4	0.63	0.68	< 0.001
WC (cm)	0.65 (0.59–0.70)	94.3	0.53	0.75	< 0.001
WHR	0.61 (0.54–0.67)	0.91	0.54	0.67	0.001
WHtR	0.78 (0.73–0.83)	0.64	0.73	0.74	< 0.001
CI	0.64 (0.46- 0.75)	1.34	0.68	0.58	< 0.001
BAI	0.83 (0.79–0.88)	39.1	0.76	0.80	< 0.001
VAI	0.50 (0.44–0.56)	-	-	-	0.98
LAP	0.59 (0.54–0.65)	51.4	0.47	0.73	0.03

Abbreviations: BMI Body Mass Index, WC Waist Circumference, WHR Waist-to-hip Ratio, WHtR Waist-to-height Ratio, CI Conicity Index, BAI Body Adiposity Index, VAI Visceral Adiposity Index, LAP Lipid Accumulation Product
P value < 0.05

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