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Tipo de Documento:	Artigo
Título :	Evaluation of the accuracy of anthropometric clinical indicators of visceral fat in adults and elderly
Autor :	Roriz, Anna Karla Carneiro Passos, Luiz Carlos Santana Oliveira, Carolina Cunha de Eickemberg, Michaela Moreira, Pricilla de Almeida Sampaio, Lílian Ramos
Fecha de publicación :	jul-2014
Resumen:	Background: Visceral obesity is associated with higher occurrence of cardiovascular events. There are few studies about the accuracy of anthropometric clinical indicators, using Computed Tomography (CT) as the gold standard. We aimed to determine the accuracy of anthropometric clinical indicators for discrimination of visceral obesity. Methods: Cross-sectional study with 191 adults and elderly of both sexes. Variables: area of visceral adipose tissue (VAT) identified by CT, Waist-to-Height Ratio (WHtR), Conicity index (C index), Lipid Accumulation Product (LAP) and Visceral Adiposity Index (VAI). ROC analyzes. Results: There were a strong correlation between adiposity indicators and VAT area. Higher accuracy of C index and WHtR (AUC$0.81) than the LAP and the VAI was observed. The higher AUC of LAP and VAI were observed among elderly with areas of 0.88 (CI: 0.766–0.944) and 0.83 (CI: 0.705–0.955) in men and 0.80 (CI: 0.672–0.930) and 0.71 (CI: 0.566–0.856) in women, respectively. The cutoffs of C index were 1.30 in elderly, in both sexes, with sensitivity $92%, the LAP ranged from 26.4 to 37.4 in men and from 40.6 to 44.0 in women and the VAI was 1.24 to 1.45 (sens$76.9%) in men and 1.46 to 1.84 in women. Conclusion: Both the anthropometric indicators, C Index and WHtR, as well as LAP and VAI had high accuracy in visceral obesity discrimination. So, they are effective in cardiovascular risk assessment and in the follow-up for individual and collective clinical practice.
Palabras clave :	Anthropometric clinical indicators Computed tomography Visceral obesity Cross-sectional study
ISSN :	1932-6203
Es parte de:	PloS One
Idioma :	eng
Institución / Editorial :	Public Library of Science
Citación :	RORIZ, A. K. C. et al. Evaluation of the accuracy of anthropometric clinical indicators of visceral fat in adults and elderly. PloS one, San Francisco, v. 9, n. 7, e103499, jul. 2014. Disponível em: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0103499. Acesso em: 10 fev. 2026.
License:	Creative Commons Atribuição 4.0 Internacional (CC BY 4.0)
Identificador:	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0103499
URI :	https://ri.ufs.br/jspui/handle/riufs/24566
Aparece en las colecciones:	DNUTL - Artigos de periódicos

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