Optimal cut-off for obesity and markers of metabolic syndrome for Ethiopian adults

Nutrition Journal

Table 3 BMI cut-offs for fitness, athlete and essential body fat percent for Ethiopian adults

Sex	Level of BF%	AUC(95%CI)	Optimal BMI cut-off	Sensitivity	Specificity	Youden index	Satd.err	P
Male	Fitness	0.88(0.84, 0.92)	21.5	92.0	73.4	65.5	0.021	< 0.001
	Athletic	0.86(0.81, 0.91)	20.9	90.0	69.6	59.6	0.026	< 0.001
	Essential fat	0.99(0.98, 1.00)	15.5	100.0	99.0	99.0	0.05	0.09
Female	Fitness	0.94(0.91, 0.97)	22.0	100.0	82.0	77.0	0.015	< 0.001
	Athletic	0.93(0.90, 0.97)	21.9	100.0	75.9	75.9	0.017	< 0.001
	Essential fat	0.99(0.84, 1.00)	20.6	100.0	82.5	82.5	0.012	0.042

The subjects were categorized into the following three groups based on their body fat percent according to American Council on Exercise (ACE) [33]: For females: Essential Fat (10–13%), Athletes (14–20%), Fitness (21–24%). For males: Essential Fat (2–5%), Athletes (6–13%), and Fitness (14–17%)
AUC Area under the curve, BF% body fat percent

ISSN: 1475-2891