Sex differences in the association between visceral adiposity index and biological aging: A cross-sectional analysis of NHANES 1999–2018 with mediation by insulin resistance

• Jia Yang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Jia Yang, Haifeng Liu

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation College of Chinese Medicine, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun City, Jilin Province, China

  https://orcid.org/0009-0007-8012-2524

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• Haifeng Liu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Jia Yang, Haifeng Liu

  Roles Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: 18447059019@163.com

  Affiliation College of Chinese Medicine, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun City, Jilin Province, China

  https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3056-5136

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• Xupeng Huang,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation College of Chinese Medicine, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun City, Jilin Province, China

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• Zimin Fu,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation College of Chinese Medicine, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun City, Jilin Province, China

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• Jie Zhou,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation College of Chinese Medicine, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun City, Jilin Province, China

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• Tiejun Liu,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, First Affiliated Hospital to Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun City, Jilin Province, China

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• Weimin Zhao

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, First Affiliated Hospital to Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun City, Jilin Province, China

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