Discriminatory ability of visceral adiposity index as an indicator for detecting metabolic syndrome in Iranian pediatric population

Presented by:

Hanieh Sadat Ejtahed

Obesity and Eating Habits Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Introduction

• Worldwide growing of metabolic syndrome → warning for different chronic diseases
• Visceral obesity is associated with increased risk of metabolic abnormalities
• Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, computed tomography and ultrasound: accurate methods for showing visceral adiposity
• Limitations: high cost, radiation exposure, requirement to intensive training and low availability
• Visceral adiposity index : as a surrogate index
• VAI is positively correlated with insulin resistance, functional glycemic disorders and increased risk of cardiovascular diseases.