Cross-sectional analysis of visceral adipose tissue associations with obesity-related disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) have served as primary metrics of obesity disease risk for the past 50+ y, but visceral adipose tissue (VAT) is the more direct etiological basis of obesity-related metabolic disease. Increasing availability of technologies for VAT estimation now makes it possible to practically apply this more precise assessment of individual risk.

Objectives

We hypothesized that VAT is a stronger predictor of metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), and insulin resistance [as measured by homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR)] in United States adults than BMI, percent body fat (%BF), or WC. This hypothesis was tested using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES).<

SUBMITTER: Potter AW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12799386 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature