Discriminatory ability of visceral adiposity index as an indicator for modeling cardio-metabolic risk factors in pediatric population: the CASPIAN-V study

Discriminatory ability of visceral adiposity index as an indicator for modeling cardio-metabolic risk factors in pediatric population: the CASPIAN-V study

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to obtain the cutoff points of visceral adiposity index (VAI), a new marker of indirect evaluation of visceral fat, to assess its association with metabolic syndrome (MetS) in a population of children and adolescents. Methods: This cross sectional study wa...

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Main Authors: Hanieh-Sadat Ejtahed, Roya Kelishadi, Shirin Hasani-Ranjbar, Pooneh Angoorani, Mohammad Esmaeil Motlagh, Gita Shafiee, Hasan Ziaodini, Majzoubeh Taheri, Mostafa Qorbani, Ramin Heshmat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tabriz University of Medical Sciences 2019-11-01
Series:Journal of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Research
Subjects:
adolescents
children
metabolic syndrome
visceral adiposity index
Online Access:https://jcvtr.tbzmed.ac.ir/PDF/jcvtr-11-280.pdf

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