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Table 4 Discriminatory ability of each self-reported silhouette ranking in detecting obesity by sex (Seychelles, 2013, N = 1240)

From: Validity of silhouette showcards as a measure of body size and obesity in a population in the African region: A practical research tool for general-purpose surveys

 

Men

Women

Cut off

Sensivity (%)

Specificity

PPV (%)

NPV (%)

Sensivity (%)

Specificity

PPV (%)

NPV (%)

(=1)

100

0.0

21.0

100

100

0.0

41.1

100

(=2)

100

1.9

21.3

100

100

0.5

41.1

100

(=3)

100

18.4

24.6

100

100

6.9

42.7

100

(=4)

100

45.1

32.6

100

99.3

25.7

48.1

98.5

(=5)

92.0

79.7

54.6

97.4

96.5

56.1

60.4

95.9

(=6)

46.4

97.1

81.2

87.2

80.9

84.1

77.9

86.4

(=7)

18.8

99.8

95.4

82.2

43.4

98.3

94.8

71.4

(=8)

4.5

100

100

79.7

17.4

99.1

92.7

63.3

(=9)

1.8

100

100

79.3

7.3

100

100

60.8

  1. Note: Sensitivity, Specificity, Positive Predictive Value (PPV), and Negative Predictive Value (NPV) of each silhouette ranking in detecting obesity (BMI of 30 or higher) in men and women