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ArticleFrontiers in nutrition2025

Identification of optimal cutoffs for obesity and lipid-related indices in screening activities of daily living disability in Chinese middle-aged and elderly adults.

Jian Jiang, Shun Liu, Nan Wei, Zhifeng Lin, Yiming Hu, Xiaoqi Chen, Ling Yao, Zhiying Yao, Qingquan Chen

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Jian Jiang *Fuzhou University Affiliated Provincial Hospital; Shengli Clinical Medical College of Fujian Medical University, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Emergency Medicine, Fujian Emergency Medical Center, Fuzhou, China.
Shun Liu *Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.
Nan Wei *Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.
Zhifeng LinFujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.
Yiming HuFujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.
Xiaoqi ChenFujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.
Ling YaoFujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.
Zhiying YaoFujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.
Qingquan ChenFujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.

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Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy of 13 obesity- and lipid-related indices in screening and predicting activities of daily living (ADL) disability, as well as to determine the optimal cutoffs for these indices in the middle-aged and elderly population in China. Methods: This study was based on cross-sectional data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS), which included 4,784 participants aged 45 years and older. Thirteen obesity- and lipid-related indices, including body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), the waist-height ratio (WHtR), the visceral adiposity index (VAI), the body shape index (ABSI), the body roundness index (BRI), the lipid accumulation product (LAP), the conicity index (CI), the Chinese visceral adiposity index (CVAI), the triglyceride-glucose (TyG) index and its correlation index (TyG-BMI, TyG-WC, TyG-WHtR), were analyzed. Unadjusted and adjusted correlations between these indices and ADL disability were assessed via logistic regression analyses, and the area under the curve (AUC) of each index as a predictor of ADL ability was calculated via receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves to compare the predictive efficacy and determine the optimal cutoff value. Results: After adjustment for confounders, all 13 obesity- and lipid-related indices were independently associated with the risk of ADL disability ( Conclusion: All 13 obesity- and lipid-related indices were effective predictors of ADL disability risk in Chinese middle-aged and older adults. LAP and BMI emerged as the best predictors of ADL disability in men and women, respectively. These indices can serve as simple screening tools to identify the risk of ADL disability and facilitate early intervention.

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activities of daily livingCHARLS databasecross-sectional studiesobesity and lipid-related measurement indicesreceiver operating characteristic curve

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