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The Role of Neck Circumference as a Screening Tool for Obesity in Female Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study in Western Maharashtra. [PDF]

Cureus
Nair GR, Jadhav SL, Palal D, Rathod H, Verma P, Bhawalkar J, Rathi MA, Ray S, Madamanchi D.   +8 more
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Neck Circumference Cut-Off Points for Identifying Adiposity: Association with Chronic Metabolic Diseases in Older People. [PDF]

J Pers Med
Díaz DA, Lera L, Márquez C, Valenzuela A, Saguez R, Weisstaub G, Albala C.   +6 more
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Relationship between neck circumference, insulin resistance and arterial stiffness in overweight and obese subjects

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, 2017
Background Only a few studies have investigated the relationship between neck circumference and cardiometabolic risk. The aim of this study was to assess the relationships between neck circumference, waist circumference, metabolic variables and arterial ...
Mauro Zamboni, Elena Zoico, Andrea P. Rossi   +2 more
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Neck circumference as a novel parameter to determine metabolic risk factors in obese children

European Journal of Clinical Investigation, 2012
Eur J Clin Invest 2012; 42 (6): 623630 Abstract Background To establish the association between neck circumference and cardiometabolic risk factors and to determine the utility of the neck circumference as a parameter in predicting children at ...
Nihal Hatipoğlu, Meda Kondolot, Selim Kurtoğlu   +2 more
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Is Neck Circumference As Reliable As Waist Circumference for Determining Metabolic Syndrome?

Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders, 2021
Background: Metabolic syndrome (MS) comprises a cluster of risk factors for the development of cardiovascular diseases, which are among the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Many studies have shown that neck circumference (NC) has validity in the measure of MS since it correlates positively with the traditional components.
Claudemir Gregório, Mendes, Sandra Maria, Barbalho, Ricardo José, Tofano, Gabriela, Lopes, Karina Rodrigues, Quesada, Claudia Rucco Penteado, Detregiachi, Elen Landgraf, Guiguer, Claudio José, Rubira, Adriano Cressoni, Araújo   +8 more
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Relationship of Neck Circumference to Cardiovascular Risk Factors

Obesity, 2003
AbstractObjective: To determine a relationship between neck circumference (NC) and risk factors for coronary heart disease by evaluating the components of the metabolic syndrome.Research Methods and Procedures: The study group included 561 subjects (231 men and 330 women) who had no known major medical conditions and were not receiving any medication ...
Liubov Ben-Noun, Arie Laor
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Neck Circumference and Cerebral Gray Matter Volume

Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders, 2020
Background: While obesity is linked with brain atrophy and dementia incidence, associations with regional adiposity are uncertain. Our goal was to determine whether cerebral gray matter volume is related to neck circumference (NC), a measure of regional adiposity having unique relationships with metabolic disorders and ...
Chol, Shin, Regina E Y, Kim, Robert J, Thomas, Chang-Ho, Yun, Seung Ku, Lee, Robert D, Abbott   +5 more
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Neck circumference as a measure of central obesity: Associations with metabolic syndrome and obstructive sleep apnea syndrome beyond waist circumference

Clinical Nutrition, 2009
Background & aims: To investigate the relationship of neck circumference (NC) to metabolic syndrome (MetS) and obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) and whether it adds information to that provided by waist ...
Günay Can, Erkan Ayhan
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Neck circumference as an effective measure for identifying cardio-metabolic syndrome: a comparison with waist circumference

Endocrine, 2016
Neck circumference is a new anthropometric index for estimating obesity. We aimed to determine the relationship between neck circumference and body fat content and distribution as well as the efficacy of neck circumference for identifying visceral adiposity and metabolic disorders.
Xueli Zhang, Xiaojing Ma, Yuqian Bao
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