Derivation and validation of a new visceral adiposity index for predicting visceral obesity and cardiometabolic risk in a Korean population.

OBJECTIVES:The visceral adiposity index (VAI), an indirect marker of visceral adipose tissue, serves as a model associated with cardiometabolic risk, but has limitations regarding the Asian population. We sought to develop a new VAI (NVAI) for the Korean population and compare it to VAI for predicti...

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Main Authors: Sung-Kwan Oh, A-Ra Cho, Yu-Jin Kwon, Hye-Sun Lee, Ji-Won Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6136780?pdf=render