Association of Visceral Obesity Indices With Incident Diabetic Retinopathy in Patients With Diabetes: Prospective Cohort Study

• Main Authors: Jiaheng Chen (Author), Yu Ting Li (Author), Zimin Niu (Author), Zhanpeng He (Author), Yao Jie Xie (Author), Jose Hernandez (Author), Wenyong Huang (Author), Harry H X Wang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: JMIR Publications, 2024-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundVisceral adipose tissue plays an active role in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes and vascular dysfunction. The lipid accumulation product (LAP), visceral adiposity index (VAI), and Chinese VAI (CVAI) have been proposed as simple and validated surrogate indices for measuring visceral adi...