Table 4 Sensitivity and specificity of ISPED, WHO, and IOTF defined categories of overweight (including obesity) or obesity for predicting clustered CMRFs in the total sample and in groups stratified by gender and age
Overweight | |||||
Total | Gender | Age | |||
Males | Females | Children | Adolescents | ||
ISPED | |||||
sensitivity | 98.1 | 97.3 | 99.1 | 98.2 | 98.1 |
specificity | 22.0 | 20.6 | 23.5 | 24.0 | 20.8 |
WHO | |||||
sensitivity | 98.9 | 98.4 | 99.4 | 98.6 | 98.9 |
specificity | 19.1 | 17.7 | 20.5 | 21.1 | 17.8 |
IOTF | |||||
sensitivity | 98.4 | 97.9 | 99.1 | 98.2 | 98.5 |
specificity | 21.6 | 20.1 | 22.9 | 23.6 | 20.3 |
Obesity | |||||
Total | Gender | Age | |||
Males | Females | Children | Adolescents | ||
ISPED | |||||
sensitivity | 86.3 | 85.0 | 87.8 | 87.7 | 85.7 |
specificity | 41.3 | 41.4 | 41.1 | 42.6 | 40.4 |
WHO | |||||
sensitivity | 96.0 | 95.4 | 96.7 | 97.7 | 95.3 |
specificity | 28.0 | 24.7 | 31.2 | 27.7 | 28.2 |
IOTF | |||||
sensitivity | 87.2 | 86.4 | 88.2 | 93.2 | 84.5 |
specificity | 40.1 | 39.1 | 41.0 | 36.5 | 42.4 |