Research Article

Sagittal Abdominal Diameter as a Screening Tool in Clinical Research: Cutoffs for Cardiometabolic Risk

Table 4

Area under the ROC curve for different anthropometric measures for identifying individuals at elevated cardiometabolic risk.

Men (n=1936) AUC under ROC (95% CI)Women (n=2096) AUC under ROC (95% CI)

SAD (cm)0.80 (0.77;0.82)0.77 (0.75;0.80)
Waist girth (cm)0.78 (0.75;0.80)0.77 (0.75;0.80)
Waist-to-hip ratio0.74 (0.71;0.77)0.76 (0.74;0.79)
BMI (kg/m2)0.78 (0.76;0.81)0.74 (0.72;0.77)

SAD: Sagittal abdominal diameter, CI: confidence interval, BMI: body mass index.