Anthropometric indicators of visceral adiposity as predictors of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: A review

Table 1 Studies evaluating the anthropometric indicators as predictors of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Ref.	Country	Population (n)	Age (yr)	Anthropometric indicator	NAFLD diagnosis
Yoo et al[14]	South Korea	NAFLD (77)	20-88	WC and WHtR	Tomography
		Non-NAFLD (379)
Zheng et al[9]	China	NAFLD (250)	36.6 ± 11.1	WHR, BMI, WC and WHtR	Liver biopsy
		Non-NAFLD (240)	37.3 ± 10.2
Ju et al[10]	South Korea	NAFLD (2553)	42.5 ± 5.1	BMI and WC	Ultrasonography
		Non-NAFLD (6606)	41.6 ± 4.9
Cuthbertson et al[8]	England and Germany	NAFLD (168)	50.3 ± 11.9	LAP	Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy
		Non-NAFLD (168)	48.6 ± 10.9
Monteiro et al[16]	Brazil	Obese with NAFLD (45)	11-17	WC	Ultrasonography
		Obese without NAFLD (100)
Zhang et al[17]	China	NAFLD (362)	7-18	WHtR, BMI and WC	Ultrasonography
		Non-NAFLD (6867)
Motamed et al[11]	Iran	NAFLD (2048)	48.6 ± 12.7	WHtR, WHR, ABSI, BRI	Ultrasonography
		Non-NAFLD (2824)	39.0 ± 15.4
Özhan et al[18]	Turkey	Obese without NAFLD (130)	11.6 ± 2.7	WHtR	Ultrasonography
		Obese with NAFLD (202)	12.1 ± 2.6
Lin et al[19]	Taiwan	NAFLD (167)	18.8 ± 1.9	WHtR, WHR	Ultrasonography
		Non-NAFLD (1043)	15.1 ± 2.8
Lee et al[15]	United States	Black (94) and White (58)	14.7 ± 1.8	WC	Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy
		overweight and obese adolescents	14.5 ± 1.5
Dai et al[20]	China	NAFLD (12150)	18-94	LAP	Ultrasonography
		Non-NAFLD (28309)

NAFLD: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; WHR: Waist-to-hip ratio; BMI: Body mass index; WC: Waist circumference; WHtR: Waist-to-height ratio; ABSI: Body shape index; BRI: Body roundness index; LAP: Lipid accumulation product.