Table 3: ROC analysis of anthropometric indices to predict malnutrition by gender (n = 290: Male = 112, Female = 178).

Indices

 

Sensitivity%

Specificity%

Cut-off

AUC

95% CI

p-value

BMI

Male

92.9

 63.0

19.30

0.855

0.767-0.943

< 0.001

 

Female

96.6

80.0

19.77

0.911

0.839-0.948

< 0.001

MAC

Male

78.8

70.4

25.50

0.807

0.711-0.902

< 0.001

 

Female

89.9

70.0

24.50

0.865

0.791-0.940

< 0.001

CC

Male

76.5

74.1

30.25

0.788

0.690-0.886

< 0.001

 

Female

84.5

83.3

29.25

0.886

0.830-0.942

< 0.001

HC

Male

76.5

74.1

90.22

0.788

0.690-0.886

< 0.001

 

Female

84.5

83.3

89.22

0.886

0.830-0.942

< 0.001

TC

Male

76.5

77.8

52.75

0.785

0.687-0.883

< 0.001

 

Female

85.1

83.3

51.25

0.884

0.827-0.942

< 0.001

WC

Male

89.4

70.4

75.82

0.852

0.764-0.941

< 0.001

 

Female

95.9

76.7

63.41

0.906

0.839-0.974

< 0.001

WHR

Male

88.2

63.0

0.84

0.841

0.752-0.929

< 0.001

 

Female

90.5

76.7

0.74

0.885

0.809-0.961

< 0.001

WHtR

Male

88.2

63.0

45.93

0.832

0.739-0.925

< 0.001

 

Female

93.2

73.3

41.99

0.882

0.808-0.955

< 0.001

WtHtR

Male

90.6

70.4

32.67

0.848

0.760-0.936

< 0.001

 

Female

93.9

86.7

31.14

0.921

0.853-0.988

< 0.001

BAI

Male

72.9

55.6

24.54

0.665

0.538-0.792

 0.010

 

Female

60.1

60.0

29.04

0.641

0.536-0.746

 0.015