Prognostic significance of the Complex "Visceral Adiposity Index" vs. simple anthropometric measures: Tehran lipid and glucose study

Prognostic significance of the Complex "Visceral Adiposity Index" vs. simple anthropometric measures: Tehran lipid and glucose study

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Visceral adiposity index (VAI) has recently been suggested to be used as a surrogate of visceral adiposity. We examined if VAI could improve predictive performances for CVD of the Framingham's general CVD algorithm (a multivaria...

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Main Authors: Mohammadreza Bozorgmanesh, Farzad Hadaegh, Davoud Khalili, Prof Azizi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-03-01
Series:Cardiovascular Diabetology
Subjects:
Body mass index
Cardiovascular disease
Prediction
Visceral adiposity index
Waist- to-height ratio
Waist-to-hip ratio
Online Access:http://www.cardiab.com/content/11/1/20

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