Independent role of two novel abdominal fat indicators in chronic diarrhoea

BackgroundStudies have confirmed that obesity is an antecedent of chronic diarrhoea, and new evidence suggests that visceral fat accumulation may play a more critical role than total body fat in intestinal dysfunction and the development of chronic diarrhoea. Traditional body mass index (BMI) does n...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Medicine
Main Authors:	Shiming Chen, Jingxia Zhang, Yingxue Niu, Yifang Li
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-07-01
Subjects:	body shape index body roundness index chronic diarrhoea NHANES cross-sectionaI study
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2025.1593571/full