Visceral Adiposity Thresholds for Cardiovascular Risk Stratification: A Simplified Biomarker‐Driven Model
This study establishes the first sex-specific and ethnicity-specific VAT thresholds for CVD risk stratification and provides a clinically actionable tool for visceral adiposity screening.
Authors
- Wen‐Qing Lu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-5400-7185)
- Ping He (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-9911-7897)
- Yanxu Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-4608-7765)
- Zhengyang Sun
- Peien Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5861-2099)
- Lili Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5919-3172)
- Chengyun Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1610-5929)
- Sihao Xiao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1952-6494)
- Tangmeng Guo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0463-8349)
- Bei Cheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3302-8267)
- Qi Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8437-8531)
- Yuanyuan Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7338-9924)
- Jianjun Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3255-3019)
- Qiang Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0091-5433)
- Minghao Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9644-1315)
- Xinchun Gu
Institutions
- Union Hospital (HK)
- Sun Yat-sen University (CN)
- Fudan University (CN)
- John Radcliffe Hospital (GB)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Wuhan Dongxihu District People Hospital (CN)
- The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University (CN)
- Wuhan Union Hospital (CN)
- Huashan Hospital (CN)
- Union Hospital (CN)
- First Affiliated Hospital Zhejiang University (CN)
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Obesity
- Published
- 2025-08-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/oby.24367
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.16
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China