Accessibility settings

Published on in Vol 12 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/78627, first published .
Elderly man with scarf coughing into fist, holding glass of water

Association Between Low Chinese Visceral Adiposity Index Values and Chronic Lung Disease in Older Adults: Cohort Study

Association Between Low Chinese Visceral Adiposity Index Values and Chronic Lung Disease in Older Adults: Cohort Study

Xiaorong Zhu   1 * , MBBS ;   Hui Tian   1 * , MBBS ;   Zhi Liu   2 , MBBS ;   Zhoubin Huang   2 , MBBS ;   Miaomiao Yuan   3 , MSc ;   Zhangshun Tu   3 , MSc ;   Kaiwang Cui   1 * , MSc ;   Jianping Liu   1, 4 * , MSc ;   Xiangwen Gong   1 * , PhD

1 Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Ganzhou Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Ganzhou Institute of Respiratory Diseases, The Fifth People's Hospital of Ganzhou, Ganzhou, China

2 Xingguo County Pulmonary Hospital, Ganzhou, China

3 Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou, China

4 Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China

*these authors contributed equally

Corresponding Author:

  • Xiangwen Gong, PhD
  • Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Ganzhou Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Ganzhou Institute of Respiratory Diseases
  • The Fifth People's Hospital of Ganzhou
  • Dongjiangyuan Road 666, Zhanggong District
  • Ganzhou
  • China
  • Phone: 86 0797-8528520
  • Email: gzwyhys@126.com