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ArticleJournal of inflammation research2024

Predictive Value of the Chinese Visceral Adiposity Index for Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Fatty Liver Disease and Elevated Alanine Aminotransferase Levels in Nonobese Chinese Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Zuohu Niu, Jialiang Chen, Huijing Wang, Rongrui Wang, Hongye Peng, Shaojie Duan, Shukun Yao

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Article in Journal of inflammation research, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  2. [Predictive value of a Chinese visceral adiposity index for metabolic associated fatty liver disease].Zhonghua gan zang bing za zhi = Zhonghua ganzangbing zazhi = Chinese journal of hepatology · 2025
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Zuohu Niu *Department of Infections, Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Jialiang Chen *Center of Integrative Medicine, Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Huijing Wang *Graduate School, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0002-4183-5333
Rongrui WangGraduate School, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Hongye PengGraduate School, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0001-7980-683X
Shaojie DuanDepartment of Geriatrics, Taizhou Central Hospital (Taizhou University Hospital), Taizhou, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China.
Shukun YaoDepartment of Gastroenterology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China.

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Abstract

Purpose: It is unclear how the Chinese Visceral Adiposity Index (cVAI) relates to metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) in nonobese individuals. In this study, we evaluated the ability of the cVAI to predict MAFLD and elevated ALT in nonobese participants. Methods: This cross-sectional study recruited 541 nonobese subjects from March 2019 to January 2022 with the age range of 18-80 years. Hepatic steatosis was diagnosed by ultrasound. Participants were divided into four groups according to cVAI quartiles. To assess the associations between cVAI and MAFLD and elevated ALT, multivariate logistic regression was used. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were generated to evaluate the ability of the cVAI to predict MAFLD and elevated ALT. Results: Compared to the group with the lowest cVAI, the group with the highest cVAI was positively associated with nonobese MAFLD [16.173 (4.082-64.073), Conclusion: The cVAI was strongly related to nonobese MAFLD and elevated ALT. The cVAI may be a reliable and accessible predictor of nonobese MAFLD and elevated ALT.

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ChineseChinese visceral adiposity indexcross-sectional studymetabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver diseasenonobese

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