Predictive value of visceral adiposity index for type 2 diabetes mellitus

Abstract

VAI could independently predict DM in the Chinese study population, although the predictive power was not higher than that of simple anthropometric measures (BMI and WC). Our study does not support the clinical application of VAI; however, more studies based on different ethnic groups still need to be performed.

4-Year Trajectory of Visceral Adiposity Index in the Development of Type 2 Diabetes: A Prospective Cohort Study

“…Our results differed from those of a previous cohort study in China [17] , which reported that compared to other indices for body fatness measurements, VAI was a better and convenience surrogate marker for visceral adipose measurement and could be used in identifying the risk of diabetes in largescale epidemiologic studies. However, our results were consistent with the 7-year follow-up data in Iranian [54] and 15-year prospective cohort study in China [18] , which indicated that although VAI could independently predict future diabetes, its discriminatory power was not better than simple anthropometric measures such as BMI, WC and WHtR [33] . However, it should be pointed out that the sample size in the 15-year prospective cohort study among Chinese population was relatively small, it only compared the VAI with BMI and WC (not include WHR and WHtR), and the relationship between VAI and diabetes risk was not examined in different genders [18] .…”

“…However, our results were consistent with the 7-year follow-up data in Iranian [54] and 15-year prospective cohort study in China [18] , which indicated that although VAI could independently predict future diabetes, its discriminatory power was not better than simple anthropometric measures such as BMI, WC and WHtR [33] . However, it should be pointed out that the sample size in the 15-year prospective cohort study among Chinese population was relatively small, it only compared the VAI with BMI and WC (not include WHR and WHtR), and the relationship between VAI and diabetes risk was not examined in different genders [18] . Thus, our study revealed that although the prediction ability of diabetes risk for VAI was unlikely to be higher than other fatness indices, VAI could be a simple measure of visceral obesity for predicting the risk of diabetes among Chinese adults, especially among women.…”

“…Some researchers even use the term 'diabesity' to describe the close associations between diabetes and obesity [32] . In addition to common fatness indices, we discovered that VAI scores had good prediction effect on diabetes among the Chinese population, which was similar to the result of the recent cohort study conducted in Tehran [33] and China [17,18] . We evaluated the relation between VAI and diabetes risk among Chinese men and women separately because the 147 distribution of abdominal fat is distinctive between men and women.…”

“…We evaluated the relation between VAI and diabetes risk among Chinese men and women separately because the 147 distribution of abdominal fat is distinctive between men and women. Our observation differed from that of the previous study among Chinese population [18]. Our result suggested that VAI was positively associated with the risk of diabetes in both genders.…”

Visceral adiposity index and triglyceride/high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio in hypogonadism

“…VAI is a marker of visceral adipose dysfunction and is strongly associated with cardiovascular events and type 2 diabetes (12,30,31). VAI is significantly correlated with inflammation and insulin resistance in patients with type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disorders (12,32).…”