SynthesisJournal of diabetes investigation2022
Association between visceral adiposity index and risk of prediabetes: A meta-analysis of observational studies.
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- Association Between Visceral Obesity Index and Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2024Pooled it
- Association between visceral adiposity index and risk of prediabetes: A meta-analysis of observational studies.Journal of diabetes investigation · 2022Pooled it
- Bidirectional association between depression and diabetic nephropathy by meta-analysis.PloS one · 2022Pooled it
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- Systemic immune-inflammation index and uric acid mediate the association between obesity and hypertension in young and middleaged adults.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The Visceral Adiposity Index and Its Usefulness in the Prediction of Cardiometabolic Disorders.Nutrients · 2025Review
- Visceral and Dysfunctional Adiposity Indices as Predictors of Insulin Resistance and Metabolic Syndrome in Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Cross-Sectional Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
- The non-linear relationship between the visceral adiposity index and the risk of prediabetes and diabetes.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Article
- Assessing the prevalence of obesity in a Russian adult population by six indices and their associations with hypertension, diabetes mellitus and hypercholesterolaemia.International journal of circumpolar health · 2024Article
- Heterogeneity in elevated glucose and A1C as predictors of the prediabetes to diabetes transition: Framingham Heart Study, Multi-Ethnic Study on Atherosclerosis, Jackson Heart Study, and Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2024Article
- The characteristics and risk of obesity central and concomitant impaired fasting glucose: Findings from a cross-sectional study.PloS one · 2024Article
- Therapeutic potential of adiponectin in prediabetes: strategies, challenges, and future directions.Therapeutic advances in endocrinology and metabolism · 2024Review
- Dysregulation of Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, and Glucose Metabolism-Related Genes and miRNAs in Visceral Adipose Tissue of Women with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2023Article
- Comparison of lipid accumulation product and visceral adiposity index with traditional obesity indices in early-onset type 2 diabetes prediction: a cross-sectional study.Diabetology & metabolic syndrome · 2023Article
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- Genistein protects against hyperglycemia and fatty liver disease in diet-induced prediabetes miceFrontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
- Regulatory Effect of Mung Bean Peptide on Prediabetic Mice Induced by High-Fat Diet.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
objectiveEpidemiological studies suggested that the association between the visceral adiposity index (VAI) and the risk of prediabetes is inconsistent. Whether VAI is a useful predictor of prediabetes remains unclear. Up until April 2021, there had been no systematic review on this topic. In this meta-analysis, the available observational epidemiological evidence was synthesized to identify the association between VAI and prediabetes risk.
methodsPubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane databases in any language were searched systematically from the earliest available online indexing year to April 2021 for relevant observational studies published on the association between VAI and the risk of prediabetes. A random effects model was used to combine quantitatively the odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs).
resultsTen relevant studies (2 cohort study, 2 case-control studies, and 6 cross-sectional studies) involving 112,603 participants were identified. Compared with the highest VAI, the lowest level of VAI was associated with an increased risk of prediabetes. The pooled OR of VAI for prediabetes was 1.68 (95% CI: 1.44-1.96), with significant heterogeneity across the included studies (P = 0.000, I
conclusionsIntegrated epidemiological evidence supports the hypothesis that VAI is a lipid combined anthropometric index and may be a risk factor for prediabetes. VAI may be related to a high risk of prediabetes. However, it should be noted that the included studies have a publication bias and there was significant heterogeneity between our pooled estimate.
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