Comparison of four diagnostic indices (Visceral Adiposity Index, Body Mass Index, Waist Circumference, and Atherogenic Index), in predicting Metabolic Syndrome in a primary care population from northern Spain (Aragón).

Cardiometabolic diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide, and early identification of individuals at risk is essential to reduce their burden. This database gave rise to the study whose objective was to compare the performance of four diagnostic indices — the Visceral Adiposity Index (VAI), Body Mass Index (BMI), Waist Circumference (WC), and Atherogenic Index (AI) — in predicting Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) in a primary care population from northern Spain. This study was a a retrospective observational study was conducted using a subset of the data of the CRONAP cohort. The CRONAP data set collected data fro residents aged ≥16 years with active clinical records in the Aragón (Spain) and contains detailed sociodemographic, clinical, and laboratory data for individuals diagnosed with at least one chronic disease with a prevalence greater than 5%, such as hypertension, dyslipidemia, obesity, diabetes, ischemic heart disease, chronic kidney disease, or respiratory, thyroid, and mental health disorders. This subset data of 3,107 individuals with complete anthropometric and biochemical data required for VAI calculation.