Association Between Visceral Obesity Index and Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Authors' conclusion
VAI is an independent predictor of the risk of diabetes, yet its predictive accuracy remains limited. In future studies, determine whether VAI can be used in conjunction with other related indicators to early predict the risk of diabetes, to enhance the accuracy of prediction of the risk of diabetes.
Study context
- Population
- Original studies on the association between VAI and diabetes, adjusted for confounding factors; PubMed, Cochrane, Embase and Web of Science searched until October 17, 2023
- Participants
- 595,946 participants53 studies
- Comparison
- High vs low VAI
- Outcome
- Risk of DM with high VAI (cohort studies)
Pooled result
As reported in the abstract
Males: OR
2.83
95% CI 2.30–3.49
Females: OR
3.32
95% CI 2.48–4.45
Further pooled results
Accuracy of VAI for early prediction of diabetes
- Males: ROC
- 0.64 (95% CI .62-.66)
- Males: sensitivity
- 0.57 (95% CI .53-.61)
- Males: specificity
- 0.65 (95% CI .61-.69)
- Females: ROC
- 0.67 (95% CI .65-.69)
- Females: sensitivity
- 0.66 (95% CI .60-.71)
- Females: specificity
- 0.61 (95% CI .57-.66)
Original publication
Association Between Visceral Obesity Index and Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. Published 6 May 2024. doi:10.
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