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Table 3 The area under the ROC curve of various morphometric indices for cardiovascular risk in dogs

From: Abdominal obesity is associated with heart disease in dogs

Morphometric indices

AUC (fit model)

95% CI

BCS

0.584

0.466-0.702

MBMI (BW (kg)/[TL (m)]2)

0.642*

0.521-0.762

WHSDR

0.477

0.353-0.601

WIWDR

0.778**

0.683-0.874

WTLR

0.727**

0.619-0.835

  1. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01. ROC, receiver operating characteristics; AUC, area under the curve; BCS, body condition score; BW, body weight; CI, confidence interval; MBMI, modified body mass index; TL, truncal length; WHSDR, waist-to-hock-to-stifle distance ratio; WIWDR, waist-to-ilium wing distance ratio; WTLR, waist-to-truncal length ratio.