Review Article
Year: 2020 | Month: December | Volume: 10 | Issue: 12 | Pages: 252-256
Visceral Adiposity Index - Predictive Index of Cardiovascular Diseases
SA. Thamilovia1, S. Uma Mageshwari2
1Research Scholar, 2Professor,
Department of Food Service Management and Dietetics, Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore – 641043, India
Corresponding Author: SA. Thamilovia
ABSTRACT
Background: Abdominal obesity is said to be the culprit which contributes to many non-communicable diseases. It leads to deterioration of cardiometabolic risk factors which cannot be measured by BMI. Visceral Adiposity Index (VAI), is a calculative index which can be used to assess the fat accumulation in the body.
Objective: The present review shows us that measuring central obesity is an important cardiometabolic risk factor at current scenario to overcome non communicable diseases by calculating VAI.
Methodology: The articles were extracted through thorough literature search using electronic databases by various combinations keywords. All the articles were screened well to be included in the study.
Conclusion: Thus, VAI is economical and novel indicator which is non-invasive method of evaluating fat accumulation in the body and can be used in large studies and clinical practices.
Key words: Abdominal obesity, BMI, Cardiometabolic, Fat Accumulation, Visceral Adiposity Index.