Association between visceral fat area and metabolic syndrome in individuals with normal body weight: insights from a Chinese health screening dataset.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is increasingly diagnosed in individuals with normal body weight, and visceral fat emerges as a significant risk factor. However, the relationship between visceral fat area (VFA) and MetS within this population remains inadequately explored, and the diagnostic threshold for MetS in normal-weight individuals is yet to be established.

Methods

This study used a cross-sectional design combined with longitudinal cohort analysis. Data were collected from 5,944 normal-weight participants who underwent health screenings at Henan Provincial People's Hospital of China between October 2018 and October 2024. VFA was measured via multislice computed tomography scanning, and VFA-based tertile categorization was applied among the participants. The relat

SUBMITTER: Sun Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11837645 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature