Association of sagittal abdominal diameter with cardiovascular disease and cardiometabolic risk factors among US adults: A cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT: Obesity, a major cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factor, can be assessed through sagittal abdominal diameter (SAD), though its link to CVD is less studied. This study investigates the relationship between SAD and CVD and compares the predictive ability of SAD, body mass index (BMI), and waist circumference (WC) for CVD in US adults. A cross-sectional study was conducted using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2011 to 2016. Restricted cubic splines and multivariable logistic regression were used to assess the association between SAD and CVD. The predictive performance of SAD, BMI, and WC was compared using receiver operating characteristic curve analysis. The study included 10,854 adults aged 20 years and older (representing 158.7 million; mean age 45

SUBMITTER: Chen C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12459509 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature