People with heart disease who have more fat around their organs (measured by a simple formula using waist size and blood fats) are more likely to have serious heart problems like heart attacks or...

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471-P: The Visceral Adiposity Index Predicts MACE Both in Cardiovascular Disease Patients with and in Those without Diabetes

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471-P: The Visceral Adiposity Index Predicts MACE Both in Cardiovascular Disease Patients with and in Those without Diabetes

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DOI: 10.2337/db23-471-p

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Having diabetes and having high visceral fat (measured by VAI) each add their own separate risk for heart problems in people with heart disease — knowing one doesn’t tell you everything about the other.

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