PMID- 35576300
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20220518
LR  - 20220518
IS  - 1819-2718 (Electronic)
IS  - 1025-9589 (Linking)
VI  - 34
IP  - 2
DP  - 2022 Apr-Jun
TI  - Visceral Adiposity Index: A Simple Tool For Assessing Risk Of Type 2 Diabetes 
      Mellitus.
PG  - 345-350
LID - 10.55519/JAMC-02-9977 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: The prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) has increased 
      recently in Pakistan. Visceral adiposity index (VAI) appears to be a better 
      predictor for metabolic syndrome associated with insulin resistance. VAI has been 
      shown to be linearly and positively associated with diabetes mellitus (DM) in 
      many populations. It is, however, uncertain whether VAI could be associated with 
      T2DM in the Pakistani adult population.. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study 
      of 300 outpatients with a newly diagnosed T2DM. Subjects were recruited from Lady 
      Reading Hospital, Pakistan, during the period from April, 2020 to January, 2021. 
      For all study subjects, anthropometric measurements were performed. Blood samples 
      were collected for the assessment of high-density lipoproteins (HDL-C), 
      triglycerides (TGs), glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), and random blood glucose. 
      RESULTS: Participants with high VAI showed poor glycemic control. The number of 
      patients with poor glycemic control increased across the VAI quartiles. VAI 
      showed significant correlations with TGs (r=0.715, p=<0.001), total cholesterol 
      (TC) (r=0.256, p=<0.001), low density lipoprotein (LDL-C) (r=0.154, p=0.007), 
      uric acid (r=0.205, p=0.019), duration of diabetes (r=0.171, p=0.033), TSH 
      (r=0.163, p=0.007), and random blood glucose (r=0.195, p=0.019). CONCLUSIONS: Our 
      data suggest that VAI is significantly and positively correlated with the risk 
      factors of DM such as random blood glucose, uric acid and TSH. The findings of 
      the study do not imply a significant direct association between VAI and DM among 
      the Pakistani adult population. Prospective-large scale studies can help inform 
      an effectiveness of VAI for the prediction of the risk of T2DM among Pakistani 
      population.
FAU - Zar, Adnan
AU  - Zar A
AD  - MTI, Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar, Pakistan.
FAU - Ali, Sobia Sabir
AU  - Ali SS
AD  - MTI, Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar, Pakistan.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Pakistan
TA  - J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad
JT  - Journal of Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad : JAMC
JID - 8910750
RN  - 0 (Blood Glucose)
RN  - 0 (Triglycerides)
RN  - 268B43MJ25 (Uric Acid)
RN  - 9002-71-5 (Thyrotropin)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adiposity
MH  - Adult
MH  - Blood Glucose/metabolism
MH  - Body Mass Index
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - *Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/complications/epidemiology
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Hyperglycemia/epidemiology
MH  - Intra-Abdominal Fat/metabolism
MH  - Obesity, Abdominal/complications/epidemiology/metabolism
MH  - Prospective Studies
MH  - Thyrotropin
MH  - Triglycerides
MH  - Uric Acid
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Visceral adiposity; Anthropometric; Random blood glucose; Diabetes mellitus
EDAT- 2022/05/17 06:00
MHDA- 2022/05/19 06:00
CRDT- 2022/05/16 14:03
PHST- 2022/05/16 14:03 [entrez]
PHST- 2022/05/17 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/05/19 06:00 [medline]
AID - 9977/3298 [pii]
AID - 10.55519/JAMC-02-9977 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad. 2022 Apr-Jun;34(2):345-350. doi: 
      10.55519/JAMC-02-9977.