ArticleFrontiers in medicine2024
Elevated metabolic score for visceral fat was associated with increased prevalence of gallstones in American adults: a cross-sectional study.
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- Association between estimated glucose disposal rate and testosterone deficiency in male patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.BMC endocrine disorders · 2025Article
- Investigating the role of the metabolic score for visceral Fat in assessing the prevalence of chronic kidney disease from the NHANES 1999-2018.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The role of relative fat mass in gallstone risk assessment: findings from the NHANES 2017-2020 survey.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- High visceral adiposity and low skeletal muscle mass independently predict the development of acute cholecystitis in patients with gallstones: a retrospective cohort study.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Association between ZJU index and gallstones in US adult: a cross-sectional study of NHANES 2017-2020.BMC gastroenterology · 2024Article
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Abstract
Background: Metabolic Visceral Fat Score (METS-VF) recently introduced is posited to be a superior metric for assessing visceral adipose tissues (VAT) compared to traditional obesity indexes. This study aims to elucidate the correlation between METS-VF and the incidence of gallstones. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, the data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) during the period from 2013 to 2020 were analyzed. And the correlation between METS-VF and the incidence of gallstones was explored through multivariate logistic regression analysis, receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve, subgroup analysis and restricted cubic spline (RCS) regression. Results: This study included 5,975 participants, of whom 645 (10.8%) were gallstone formers. As the quartile range of METS-VF increased, a notable rise in the prevalence of gallstones was observed (3.2% vs. 7.4% vs. 12.1% vs. 20.6%, Conclusion: This study is the first to reveal a significant positive correlation between the prevalence of gallstones and METS-VF, with METS-VF outperforming other VAT surrogate markers in the diagnosis of gallstones.
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