Sex differences in the association of abdominal adipose tissue and anthropometric data with untreated hypertension in a Chinese population

Table 7 Comparison of ROC analyses of the association of hypertension and anthropometric indices of adiposity by sex

Variables	AUC (95% CI)	P	Cutoff	Sensitivity	Specificity	Youden Index
Men
BMI (kg/m²)	0.654 [0.611, 0.696]	< 0.001	24.69	0.64	0.62	0.26
HC (cm)	0.658 [0.614, 0.700]	< 0.001	100.6	0.49	0.78	0.27
WC (cm)	0.706 [0.664, 0.746]	< 0.001	86.5	0.70	0.61	0.31
VAT(cm²)	0.732 [0.690, 0.770]	< 0.001	173.77	0.58	0.76	0.34
Women
BMI (kg/m2)	0.651 [0.619, 0.681]	< 0.001	25.25	0.59	0.66	0.24
HC(cm)	0.638 [0.606, 0.668]	< 0.001	97.5	0.57	0.64	0.21
WC (cm)	0.674 [0.643, 0.704]	< 0.001	87.0	0.49	0.75	0.25
VAT(cm²)	0.703 [0.673, 0.732]	< 0.001	138.91	0.64	0.67	0.31

BMI body mass index, WC waist circumference, HC hip circumference, VAT visceral adipose tissue

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