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. 2022 Feb 24;21:32. doi: 10.1186/s12933-022-01464-1

Table 2.

Association of visceral adiposity indexes with the development of diabetic nephropathy and retinopathy

Hazard ratio (95% CI)
Model 1 P value Model 2 P value
Nephropathy
VAI per-SD increase 1.154 (1.095–1.217)  < 0.001 1.127 (1.050–1.210) 0.001
CVAI per-SD increase 1.296 (1.159–1.450)  < 0.001 1.165 (1.003–1.353) 0.045
Retinopathy
VAI per-SD increase 0.739 (0.549–0.995) 0.047 1.071 (0.950–1.207) 0.264
CVAI per-SD increase 1.330 (1.038–1.704) 0.024 0.878 (0.615–1.252) 0.471

Model 1: adjusted for age and sex

Model 2: age, sex, BMI group, education level, smoking status, drinking status, physical activity, hypertension, dyslipidaemia, fasting glucose and use of antidiabetic medication

VAI visceral adiposity index, CVAI Chinese visceral adiposity index