The association between visceral adiposity index and chronic kidney disease in the elderly: A cross-sectional analysis of NHANES 2011-2018.

ABSTRACT: Visceral adiposity index (VAI) is a new metric for evaluating visceral adiposity dysfunction. The aim of the present study was to explore the association between VAI and incident chronic kidney disease (CKD) in the American elderly population. We included 6085 participants aged 60 years or older with available data on renal function and VAI from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) from 2011 to 2018 and divided them into four groups according to the VAI quartiles. VAI values were ln-transformed to reduce skewness. We conducted multivariable logistic regression analyses and spline smoothing plot analyses to evaluate the association between VAI and CKD. After fully adjusting for confounding factors, higher lnVAI was associated with a higher risk of CKD (OR, 1.23; 95 

SUBMITTER: Peng W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10336672 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature