The Chinese visceral adiposity index: a novel indicator more closely related to cardiovascular disease than other abdominal obesity indices among postmenopausal women.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Several abdominal obesity indices including waist circumference (WC), waist-hip ratio (WHR), visceral adiposity index (VAI), lipid accumulation product (LAP), and Chinese visceral adiposity index (CVAI) were considered effective and useful predictive markers for cardiovascular disease (CVD) in general populations or diabetic populations. However, studies investigating the associations between these indices among postmenopausal women are limited. Our study aimed to investigate the associations of the five indices with incident CVD and compare the predictive performance of CVAI with other abdominal obesity indices among postmenopausal women.

Methods

A total of 1252 postmenopausal women without CVD at baseline were analyzed in our investigation based on a 10-year fol

SUBMITTER: Liu L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11421114 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature