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Table 3 BMI cutoff points at 1.5 and 3 years to identify excessive FM at 14 years

From: Body weight at 1.5- and 3-year health checks and body fat at 14 years of age: a population-based retrospective cohort study using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry

 

Girls

Boys

Cutoff point (kg/m2)

Sensitivity

Specificity

Morbidity prevalence rate

Positive predictive value

Negative predictive value

Cutoff point (kg/m2)

Sensitivity

Specificity

Morbidity prevalence rate

Positive predictive value

Negative predictive value

BMI at 1.5 yrs

 

aClosest to upper left-hand corner (0, 1)

 

BMI at 14 yrs > overweight cutoff b

16.7

0.72

0.79

0.08

0.23

0.97

16.4

0.74

0.58

0.13

0.21

0.94

WtHR at 14 yrs > 0.5

16.1

0.77

0.59

0.10

0.17

0.96

16.4

0.61

0.56

0.09

0.11

0.94

FMI at 14 yrs > 95th percentile

16.7

0.70

0.77

0.05

0.14

0.98

16.5

0.60

0.58

0.05

0.07

0.97

FMI at 14 yrs > 90th percentile

16.3

0.71

0.69

0.10

0.20

0.96

16.5

0.71

0.61

0.10

0.17

0.95

FMI at 14 yrs > 85th percentile

16.1

0.69

0.60

0.15

0.23

0.92

16.4

0.75

0.59

0.15

0.25

0.93

cYouden index

 

BMI at 14 yrs > overweight cutoff b

16.1

0.89

0.62

0.08

0.17

0.98

16.4

0.74

0.58

0.13

0.21

0.94

WtHR at 14 yrs > 0.5

16.1

0.77

0.59

0.10

0.17

0.96

15.9

0.83

0.39

0.09

0.11

0.96

FMI at 14 yrs > 95th percentile

16.7

0.70

0.77

0.05

0.14

0.98

17.8

0.40

0.88

0.05

0.15

0.97

FMI at 14 yrs > 90th percentile

16.3

0.71

0.69

0.10

0.20

0.96

16.4

0.76

0.58

0.10

0.17

0.96

FMI at 14 yrs > 85th percentile

15.9

0.75

0.54

0.15

0.22

0.92

16.4

0.75

0.59

0.15

0.25

0.93

BMI at 3 yrs

 

aClosest to upper left-hand corner (0, 1)

 

BMI at 14 yrs > overweight cutoff b

16.1

0.78

0.74

0.08

0.21

0.97

16.4

0.63

0.73

0.13

0.25

0.93

WtHR at 14 yrs > 0.5

16.1

0.64

0.74

0.10

0.21

0.95

16.4

0.61

0.71

0.09

0.16

0.95

FMI at 14 yrs > 95th percentile

16.6

0.70

0.84

0.05

0.19

0.98

16.4

0.70

0.70

0.05

0.11

0.98

FMI at 14 yrs > 90th percentile

16.1

0.67

0.74

0.10

0.22

0.95

16.4

0.57

0.71

0.10

0.18

0.94

FMI at 14 yrs > 85th percentile

16.1

0.63

0.71

0.15

0.27

0.91

16.0

0.72

0.63

0.15

0.26

0.93

cYouden index

 

BMI at 14 yrs > overweight cutoff b

16.1

0.78

0.74

0.08

0.21

0.97

17.5

0.44

0.94

0.13

0.50

0.92

WtHR at 14 yrs > 0.5

16.7

0.50

0.89

0.10

0.32

0.94

17.5

0.44

0.92

0.09

0.33

0.95

FMI at 14 yrs > 95th percentile

16.6

0.70

0.84

0.05

0.19

0.98

17.5

0.50

0.92

0.05

0.24

0.97

FMI at 14 yrs > 90th percentile

16.5

0.57

0.84

0.10

0.28

0.95

15.5

0.95

0.39

0.10

0.15

0.99

FMI at 14 yrs > 85th percentile

16.1

0.59

0.75

0.15

0.29

0.91

15.6

0.94

0.46

0.15

0.23

0.98

  1. BMI, body mass index; FM, fat mass; yrs, years of age; WtHR, waist-to-height ratio; FMI, fat mass index
  2. aThe point on the curve closest to the upper left-hand corner (0, 1)
  3. bDetermined using age- and sex-specific BMI cutoff points
  4. cThe point corresponding to the maximum Youden index