Chinese visceral adipose index is more closely associated with risk of arterial stiffness than traditional obesity indicators: a cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Chinese visceral adiposity index (CVAI) is a new index to evaluate visceral adipose tissue in the Chinese population. Arterial stiffness (AS) is a kind of degeneration of the large arteries, and obesity is an essential contributing factor to AS. Our study aimed to explore the longitudinal association between CVAI and the risk of AS and to compare the predictive power of CVAI, body mass index (BMI), and waist circumference (WC) for AS.

Methods

Between 2010 and 2020, a total of 14,877 participants participating in at least two brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) measurements from the Kailuan study were included. The Cox proportional hazard regression models were performed to evaluate the longitudinal association between CVAI and the risk of AS. The area u

SUBMITTER: Sun H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11323351 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature