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SynthesisActa diabetologica2023

Diagnostic value of visceral adiposity index in chronic kidney disease: a meta-analysis.

Tingting Fang, Qiuling Zhang, Yanmei Wang, Hui Zha

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Synthesis in Acta diabetologica, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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12 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Tingting FangSchool of Public Health, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, 311121, Zhejiang Province, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6871-2923
Qiuling ZhangDepartment of Endocrinology, The Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, 311121, Zhejiang Province, China.
Yanmei WangGongli Hospital of Shanghai Pudong New Area, Pudong New Area, Shanghai, 200120, China.
Hui ZhaDepartment of Blood Transfusion, Lianshui People's Hospital of Kangda College, Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Huai'an, 223400, Jiangsu Province, China. zhahui_ha@163.com.

Funding

Shanghai Municipal Human Resources Development Program for Outstanding Leaders in Medical Disciplines Grant No. PWRl2020-04
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimsSeveral studies have revealed inconsistencies about the predictive properties of visceral adiposity index (VAI) in identifying chronic kidney disease (CKD). To date, it is unclear whether the VAI is a valuable diagnostic tool for CKD. This study intended to evaluate the predictive properties of the VAI in identifying CKD.

methodsThe PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and Cochrane databases were searched for all studies that met our criteria from the earliest available article until November 2022. Articles were assessed for quality using the Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies-2 (QUADAS-2). The heterogeneity was explored with the Cochran Q test and I

resultsSeven studies involving 65,504 participants met our selection criteria and were therefore included in the analysis. Pooled sensitivity (Sen), specificity (Spe), positive likelihood ratio (PLR), negative likelihood ratio (NLR), diagnostic odds ratio (DOR) and area under the curve (AUC) were 0.67 (95%CI: 0.54-0.77), 0.75 (95%CI: 0.65-0.83), 2.7 (95%CI: 1.7-4.2), 0.44 (95%CI: 0.29-0.66), 6 (95%CI:3.00-14.00) and 0.77 (95%CI: 0.74-0.81), respectively. Subgroup analysis indicated that mean age of subjects was the potential source of heterogeneity. The Fagan diagram found that the predictive properties of CKD were 73% when the pretest probability was set to 50%.

conclusionsThe VAI is a valuable agent in predicting CKD and may be helpful in the detection of CKD. More studies are needed for further validation.

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AdiposityRenal Insufficiency, ChronicHumansOdds RatioChronic kidney disease (CKD)Meta-analysisVisceral adiposity index (VAI)

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PMID36809366

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