Joseph H Abramson
WINPEPI updated: computer programs for epidemiologists, and their teaching potential
Epidemiologic perspectives & innovations : EP+I
recently new indices combining routine lowcost anthropometric biochemical measurements emerged among visceral adiposity index vai lipid accumulation product lap investigated prediction altered blood pressure bp insulin resistance ir therefore study aimed evaluate whether visceral adiposity index vai heightcorrected lipid accumulation product hlap predictors cardiometabolic risk brazilian adolescents data obtained cardiovascular risk adolescents erica study crosssectional national multicenter schoolbased survey conducted 2013 2014 brazil sample consisted 37815 adolescents aged 1217 years genders attending last 3 years elementary secondary school public private schools located 273 municipalities 100000 inhabitants poisson regression performed verify associations vai hlap indices presence altered bp ir according sex addition receiver operating characteristic curve roc analysis applied compare predictive ability determine cutoff points vai hlap indices identifying cardiometabolic risk obtained altered bp ir prevalences altered bp ir 2449 95 confidence interval ci 23142587 2422 95 ci 22702580 respectively vai hlap indices good predictors cardiometabolic risk brazilian adolescents hlap showed better performance identifying insulin resistance males