Utility of the waist-to-height ratio, waist circumference and body mass index in the screening of metabolic syndrome in adult patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus

Table 2 Best cutoff values to predict metabolic syndrome

Index	AUC (IC 95%)	Cut off value	Sensibility	Specificity	% of correctly classified patients	LR+	LR-
WHtR	0.75 (0.66–0.84)	0.52	70%	66%	68%	2.05	0.44
WC	0.76 (0.67–0.85)	85 cm	66%	65%	66%	1.89	0.52
Men	0.71 (0.49–0.93)	90 cm	69%	81%	76%	3.63	0.38
Women	0.80 (0.70–0.90)	80 cm	90%	63%	73%	2.42	0.15
BMI	0.66 (0.56–0.76)	24 kg/m²	78%	58%	61%	1.81	0.39

LR+: positive likelihood ratio. LR-: negative likelihood ratio. WHtR: waist-to-height ratio. WC: waist circumference. BMI: body mass index.

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