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 |