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Table 4 Receiver operator curve for cMetS score for identifying children with MetS

From: Validity of a continuous metabolic syndrome score as an index for modeling metabolic syndrome in children and adolescents: the CASPIAN-V study

 

cMetS score cut-off points (95% CI)

Sensitivity (95% CI)

Specificity (95% CI)

AUC (95% CI)

7–10 years

 Boy

1.95 (1.23–2.68)

96 (92–100)

86 (80–92)

93 (91–96)

 Girl

2.80 (2.04–3.56)

93 (86–99)

93 (87–99)

97 (95–99)

 Total

1.97 (1.51–2.43)

96 (91–100)

86 (83–90)

95 (94–97)

11–14 years

 Boy

1.70 (1.09–2.30)

98 (90–100)

82 (75–89)

95 (93–97)

 Girl

2.72 (2.07–3.36)

92 (85–99)

90 (82–98)

95 (93–97)

 Total

1.75 (0.78–2.72)

96 (88–100)

81 (70–92)

95 (93–97)

15–18 years

 Boy

2.44 (0.92–3.97)

80 (66–94)

86 (71–99)

90 (86–94)

 Girl

2.34 (0.90–3.96)

82 (67–95)

87 (71–99)

93 (88–98)

 Total

2.38 (0.68–4.07)

81 (68–94)

87 (71–99)

92 (88–95)

 Boy (7–18 years)

1.79 (1.16–2.41)

92 (86–97)

82 (76–89)

93 (91–95)

 Girl (7–18 years)

2.72 (2.31–3.12)

90 (83–97)

91 (88–95)

95 (94–97)

 Total (7–18 years)

1.76 (1.16–2.36)

93 (86–100)

82 (75–88)

94 (93–95)

  1. Metabolic syndrome: ATP-III criteria; Abdominal obesity: WC > 90th percentile; Low HDL: HDL < 40 mg/dL (except in boys 15–19 years old, that cut-off was < 45 mg/dL); High TG: TG > 100 mg/dL; High FBG: FBG > 100 mg/dL; High blood pressure: BP > 90th (adjusted by age, sex, height)
  2. CI confidence interval; AUC area under curve, shown as percentage