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SUBMITTER: Liu J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7220767 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Liu Junru J Fan Dongmei D Wang Xing X Yin Fuzai F
Medicine 20200501 19
The present study evaluated the performance of 2 novel adiposity indicators, body shape index (ABSI), and body roundness index (BRI), to determine the accumulation of visceral fat in type 2 diabetic patients.A cross-sectional study was performed on 233 type 2 diabetic patients from Qinhuangdao, China. Visceral fat area (VFA) was measured using bioelectrical impedance. Accumulation of visceral fat was defined as VFA ≥ 100 cm.In diabetic males, the area under the curve (AUC) values were 0.904 for ...[more]