The product of waist and neck circumference outperforms traditional anthropometric indices in identifying metabolic syndrome in Chinese adults with type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study

Table 3 ROC curve of different anthropometric parameters for MetS in men

Anthropometric parameters	Area under curve	95% confidence interval	Optimal cut-off level	Sensitivity	Specificity	Youden's index
PWNC**	0.948	0.934–0.962	3542 cm²	0.919	0.852	0.771
WC	0.913	0.895–0.931	90.5 cm	0.876	0.818	0.694
NC	0.905	0.884–0.927	39.5 cm	0.849	0.855	0.704
WHR**	0.811	0.784–0.838	0.959	0.728	0.764	0.492
BMI**	0.862	0.839–0.885	24.8 kg/m²	0.761	0.798	0.559

ROC Receiver operating characteristic curve, MetS Metabolic syndrome, PWNC Product of waist circumference and neck circumference, WC Waist circumference, NC Neck circumference, WHR Waist-hip ratio, BMI Body mass index. The area under the curves compared with WC: ** P < 0.01 (DeLong test)

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