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ABSTRACT: Purpose
Novel anthropometric measures are simple, applicable, and inexpensive tools for cardiovascular risk assessment. This study evaluates the association of lipid accumulation product (LAP) with hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), and all-cause mortality, and compares it with other anthropometric measures.Methods
PubMed, Web of Science, EMBASE, and Scopus were systematically searched for articles published until May 15, 2021. We included all the studies that had measured LAP predictability for T2DM, all-cause mortality, and hypertension with no limitation in comorbidities and follow-up duration. We assessed the predictability measures of LAP for the aforementioned outcomes. We also performed a meta-analysis on four articles on mortality using an inverse varian
SUBMITTER: Khanmohammadi S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9672205 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature