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. 2022 Nov 1;21:225. doi: 10.1186/s12933-022-01670-x

Table 3.

Predictive performance of abdominal obesity indices for incident cardiovascular events in people with type 2 diabetes

Indices C-statistic
(95% CI)
P-value P for comparison
CVAI 0.700 (0.672–0.728)  < 0.001 Ref.
VAI 0.656 (0.627–0.685)  < 0.001 0.012
LAP 0.670 (0.641–0.700)  < 0.001 0.035
WC 0.638 (0.608–0.668)  < 0.001  < 0.001
BMI 0.535 (0.501–0.569)  < 0.001  < 0.001

CI, confidence interval; C-statistic Harrell's concordance statistic, LAP lipid accumulation product, VAI visceral adiposity index, CVAI Chinese visceral adiposity index, WC waist circumference, BMI body mass index