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 predict...

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Autores principales: Oh, Sung-Kwan, Cho, A-Ra, Kwon, Yu-Jin, Lee, Hye-Sun, Lee, Ji-Won
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6136780/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30212516
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0203787

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6136780/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30212516
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0203787

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