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Table 3 Performance of self-reported silhouette ranking and other adiposity measures 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 (N = 531)

Women (N = 709)

 

AUC

SE

CI

AUC

SE

CI

Silhouettes

0.91

0.01

0.89–0.93

0.89

0.01

0.87–0.91

Waist circum.

0.95

0.01

0.94–0.97

0.94

0.01

0.92–0.95

Fat percent

0.94

0.01

0.92–0.96

0.94

0.01

0.92–0.96

Waist/Height

0.95

0.01

0.94

0.94

0.01

0.92–0.95

  1. Note: Receiver Operator Characteristic (ROC) analysis resulting in Area Under the Curve (AUC), Standard Error (SE), and 95 % Confidence Interval (CI), for detection of obesity: BMI ≥ 30 kg m−2
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