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Optimal cut-points of visceral adipose tissue areas for cardiometabolic risk factors in a Chinese population: a cross-sectional study.

Lili HuoK LiW DengL WangL XuJ E ShawP JiaD ZhouX G Cheng
Published in: Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association (2019)
The optimal cut-points for VAT area at the umbilicus level and L2/3 level were 111 cm2 and 142 cm2 for men and 96 cm2 and 115 cm2 for women to identify participants with one or more cardiometabolic risk factors.
Keyphrases
  • risk factors
  • adipose tissue
  • insulin resistance
  • physical activity
  • high fat diet
  • metabolic syndrome