Visceral adiposity index, premature mortality, and life expectancy in US adults
In this nationwide cohort study, higher VAI was significantly associated with an increased risk of premature mortality and reduced life expectancy at age 40 among US adults. These associations we heterogeneous by sex, race and ethnicity, more pronounced in women and Black participants.
Authors
- Kening Chen
- Wenquan Niu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1715-3372)
- Bochun Wang
- Xiaoqian Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0311-8958)
- Zhixin Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4914-1969)
- Mei Xue (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6273-5318)
- Qiushi Lin
- Fangjieyi Zheng
- Xiaoqun Dong
Institutions
- Beijing University of Chinese Medicine (CN)
- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College (CN)
- China-Japan Friendship Hospital (CN)
- Peking Union Medical College Hospital (CN)
- Capital Institute of Pediatrics (CN)
- Northeast Forestry University (CN)
- Michigan State University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Lipids in Health and Disease
- Published
- 2025-04-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12944-025-02560-3
- Citations
- 8
- Primary Topic
- Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 9.31