Associations between abdominal obesity indices and diabetic complications: Chinese visceral adiposity index and neck circumference.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Obesity, especially abdominal obesity, has been considered a risk factor for diabetic complications. Many abdominal obesity indices have been established, including neck circumference (NC), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), lipid accumulation product (LAP), visceral adiposity index (VAI) and the Chinese visceral adiposity index (CVAI). However, studies investigating the associations between these indices and diabetic complications are limited. The objective of this study was to investigate the associations of the abdominal obesity indices with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease (CVD), diabetic kidney disease (DKD) and diabetic retinopathy (DR).

Methods

A total of 4658 diabetic participants were enrolled from seven communities in Shanghai, China, in 2018.

SUBMITTER: Wan H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7395356 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature