The association between visceral adiposity index and long-term all-cause mortality shows age-related disparities: a nationwide cohort study
In the nationally representative cohort of US adults, VAI was nonlinearly associated with long-term all-cause mortality and the association showed age-related disparities. A higher VAI was related to a higher mortality risk in younger adults. These findings underscore the importance of appropriate VAI for long-term health outcomes, especially for young adults.
Authors
- Lingfeng Gu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0021-4722)
- Qin Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0114-4407)
- Hao Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1961-0787)
- Liansheng Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8538-6560)
- Sibo Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3204-2710)
- Xudong Han
- Qiushi Sun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0296-2612)
Institutions
- University of California, Irvine (US)
- UC Irvine Health (US)
- Nanjing Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-04-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-22428-6
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.66