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

Nutrition Journal

Table 4 BMI cut-offs for diagnosing overweight and undernutrition (Chronic energy deficiency) among Ethiopian adults

Nutritional status	Optimal BMI cut-off (kg/m²)
Nutritional status	Males	Females
Obese^a	> 22.2	> 24.5
Overweight	21.6–22.2	23.1–24.5
Normal^b	18.3- 21.5	21.9–23.0
Mild to Moderate Chronic Energy deficiency	15.5–18.2	20.6–21.8
Severe Chronic Energy Deficiency	< 15.5	< 20.6

^aObesity cut-off was generated from the ROC analyses using WHO cut-off for obesity based on body fat percent > 25% for males and > 35% [29,30,31,32] as binary classifier
^bThe normal BMI cut-off was determined as a range between Chronic energy deficiency and Overweight

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