Lipid Accumulation Product Is More Related to Insulin Resistance than the Visceral Adiposity Index in the Maracaibo City Population, Venezuela

• Main Authors: Valmore Bermúdez (Author), Juan Salazar (Author), Jorge Fuenmayor (Author), Manuel Nava (Author), Ángel Ortega (Author), Pablo Duran (Author), Milagros Rojas (Author), Roberto Añez (Author), Alejandra Rivas-Montenegro (Author), Lissé Angarita (Author), Maricarmen Chacín (Author), Clímaco Cano (Author), Manuel Velasco (Author), Joselyn Rojas (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background. Visceral adiposity is related to insulin resistance (IR), a metabolic state considered as a risk factor for other cardiometabolic diseases. In that matter, mathematical indexes such as the visceral adiposity index (VAI) and the lipid accumulation product (LAP) could indirectly assess IR...