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Table 5 Risk Factor Set Membership from Predicted WC in ARIC Women; BMI ≤ 40; Age < 70. (N = 4967)

From: Predicting waist circumference from body mass index

Risk Factor Set

Observed proportion (N) in risk set

Positive Predictive Value

Sensitivity

Specificity

Proportion correctly predicted

NCEP-ATP III Metabolic Syndrome

50.2% (2495)

98.1%

95.4%

98.2%

96.8%

IDF Metabolic Syndrome

55.2% (2744)

98.7%

98.7%

98.3%

98.5%

Abdominal Obesity1 (AO1)

76.4% (3795)

94.2%

88.0%

82.6%

86.8%

AO1 and DM

13.6% (675)

98.8%

95.3%

99.8%

99.2%

AO1 and Dyslipidemia

45.2% (2243)

96.9%

90.7%

97.6%

94.5%

AO1, DM and Dyslipidemia

9.6% (479)

98.9%

96.0%

99.9%

99.5%

Abdominal Obesity 2

91.8% (4560)

95.7%

97.0%

51.4%

93.2%

  1. NCEP-ATP III National Cholesterol Education Program, Adult Treatment Panel III.
  2. IDF International Diabetes Foundation.
  3. Abdominal Obesity 1: ≥ 88 cm.
  4. Abdominal Obesity 2: ≥ 80 cm.
  5. DM Diabetes Mellitus.