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Table 6 Risk Factor Set Membership from Predicted WC in ARIC Men; BMI ≤ 40; Age < 70. (N = 3806)

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

49.8% (1895)

94.5%

96.9%

94.5%

95.7%

IDF Metabolic Syndrome

58.9% (2242)

93.8%

94.1%

91.1%

92.9%

Abdominal Obesity 1 (AO1)

48.8% (1857)

83.9%

87.4%

84.0%

85.7%

AO1 and DM

11.9% (454)

90.3%

89.9%

98.7%

97.6%

AO1 and Dyslipidemia

33.3% (1266)

86.0%

89.0%

92.8%

91.5%

AO1, DM and Dyslipidemia

9.2% (352)

90.3%

89.8%

99.0%

98.2%

Abdominal Obesity 2

81.2% (3089)

92.8%

93.0%

68.9%

88.5%

  1. NCEP-ATP III National Cholesterol Education Program, Adult Treatment Panel III.
  2. IDF International Diabetes Foundation.
  3. Abdominal Obesity 1: ≥ 102 cm.
  4. Abdominal Obesity 2: ≥ 94 cm.
  5. DM Diabetes Mellitus.