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Table 3 Diagnostic efficacy of ROC analysis of obesity-related indices for diarrhea and constipation

From: Association of the body roundness index with chronic diarrhea and chronic constipation: findings based on the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2005–2010 data

Anthropometric

Measures

Best

thresholds

Sensitivity

Specificity

AUC (95%CI)

P for difference

in AUC

Diarrhea

 BRI

6.083

0.469

0.688

0.601 (0.581–0.621)

Reference

 BMI

29.515

0.503

0.606

0.569 (0.549–0.589)

< 0.001

 WC

92.450

0.749

0.360

0.572 (0.552–0.592)

< 0.001

Constipation

 BRI

4.719

0.493

0.420

0.537 (0.516–0.557)

Reference

 BMI

26.185

0.447

0.359

0.551 (0.530–0.572)

0.002

 WC

92.150

0.464

0.336

0.570 (0.549–0.590)

< 0.001

  1. BRI body roundness index, BMI body mass index, WC waist circumference, T tertiles, AUC area under the curve
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Lipids in Health and Disease

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