Association of visceral adiposity index with asymptomatic intracranial arterial stenosis: a population-based study in Shandong, China

Table 3 Association between VAI and aICAS in subgroups according to different obesity indices by multivariable logistic-regression model

Subgroup	No. of participants	VAI Tertile 1 (n = 22)		VAI Tertile 2 (n = 46)		VAI Tertile 3 (n = 64)		P for trend
Subgroup	No. of participants	OR (95%CI)	P	OR (95%CI)	P	OR (95%CI)	P	P for trend
BMI (kg/cm²)
underweight and normal weight	30	1(reference)		2.42(0.89,6.58)	0.084	3.17(1.15,8.71)	0.026	0.025
overweight	64	1(reference)		1.05(0.51,2.19)	0.889	1.12(0.53,2.35)	0.772	0.764
obesity	38	1(reference)		2.23(0.45,10.99)	0.323	2.88(0.62,13.37)	0.176	0.164
WHR
no-abdominal obesity	104	1(reference)		1.73(0.97,3.10)	0.065	2.03(1.14,3.62)	0.017	0.020
abdominal obesity	28	1(reference)		1.48(0.33,6.64)	0.606	2.46(0.57,10.58)	0.225	0.165

Confounding factors: age, sex, hypertension, DM, Smoke, Drink, LDL-C and hsCRP
OR Odds ratio, CI Confidence interval, aICAS Asymptomatic intracranial arterial stenosis, hsCRP High-sensitivity C-reactive protein, LDL-C Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, WHR Waist-to-hip ratio, BMI Body mass index, VAI Visceral Adiposity Index

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