Receiver operating curve analysis area under the curve (AUC) for continuous anthropometric measures
| Finnish (n=887) | Russian (n=344) | Somali (n=225) | Kurdish (n=348) | |||||
| AUC (95% CI) | P values | AUC (95% CI) | P values | AUC (95% CI) | P values | AUC (95% CI) | P values | |
| BMI | 0.74 (0.67 to 0.81) | <0.001 | 0.80 (0.67 to 0.92) | 0.869 | 0.68 (0.58 to 0.79) | 0.065 | 0.66 (0.55 to 0.76) | 0.107 |
| WC | 0.81 (0.74 to 0.87) | 0.497 | 0.79 (0.67 to 0.91) | 0.575 | 0.74 (0.64 to 0.84) | 0.565 | 0.71 (0.61 to 0.81) | 0.523 |
| WHR | NA | NA | 0.70 (0.58 to 0.81) | 0.055 | 0.66 (0.55 to 0.77) | 0.115 | 0.62 (0.52 to 0.73) | 0.187 |
| WHtR | 0.81 (0.75 to 0.87) | Reference | 0.80 (0.66 to 0.93) | Reference | 0.75 (0.65 to 0.85) | Reference | 0.70 (0.59 to 0.80) | Reference |
BMI, body mass index; NA, not applicable; WC, waist circumference; WHR, waist-to-hip ratio; WHtR, waist-to-height ratio.