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Maternal Obesity and Neck Circumference.

Irish medical journal, 2015
Leinster
Anglim, B., O'Higgins, Amy, Daly, Niamh, Farren, Maria, Turner, Michael   +4 more
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Association of neck circumference and pulmonary function in children

Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, 2017
Childhood obesity leads to many complications including impaired respiratory function. There are various anthropometric parameters related to obesity.To investigate the correlation between anthropometric indices and pulmonary function test results in children without asthma.Children without any respiratory disorders were enrolled in this study ...
KARABULUT, ERDEM, Yavuz, Suleyman Tolga, Hacihamdioglu, Bulent, Haymana, Cem, Arslan, Mutluay, Akin, Onur   +5 more
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A comparison of the clinical usefulness of neck circumference and waist circumference in individuals with severe obesity

Endocrine Research, 2016
Purpose/Aim: Neck circumference (NC) is an emerging anthropometric parameter that has been proposed to reflect metabolic health. The aim of the current study was to compare its clinical usefulness to waist circumference (WC) in the assessment of individuals with severe obesity.A total of 255 subjects participated in the study.
Yavor, Assyov, Antoaneta, Gateva, Adelina, Tsakova, Zdravko, Kamenov   +3 more
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Neck circumference

Nigerian Journal of Basic and Clinical Sciences
Context:Obesity is one of the most significant contributors to ill health competing with under-nutrition and infectious diseases.Aims:The aims of the study were to determine the presence and level of sexual dimorphism in adiposity indices, correlation of neck circumference (NC) and body mass index (BMI) with other adiposity indices such as waist ...
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Neck circumference correlates with obesity

Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2001
Measuring neck circumference can give a quick and easy indication of whether a patient could be overweight.Research by Louba Ben-Noun at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel has revealed a surprisingly strong correlation between neck circumference and several morphometrical measures that relate to being overweight and obese.Between the randomly ...
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Neck circumference and acoustic parameters of the voice

Revista de Logopedia, Foniatría y Audiología, 2017
Abstract Introduction Obesity is recognized as a worldwide epidemic. As such, it has consequences for the quality of life of a person and is related to physiological changes that modify body functioning, including vocal production and its normal parameters.
Lourdes Bernadete Rocha de Souza, Gabriela da Silva Rocha, Deysianne Meira da Silva Lima   +2 more
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Wider neck circumference is related to severe asthma in children

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, 2015
AbstractBackgroundObesity is an established risk factor for asthma in children. Measures of central obesity are reported to be more associated with the severity of asthma in adults. The aim of the study was to investigate the association between fat distribution, which is determined by anthropometric measures including neck circumference (NC) and ...
Bulent, Hacihamdioglu, Mutluay, Arslan, Ediz, Yeşilkaya, Faysal, Gok, Suleyman Tolga, Yavuz   +4 more
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Nomograms of the Fetal Neck Circumference and Area Throughout Gestation

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, 2007
ObjectivesThe purpose of this study was to create reference range nomograms of the axial fetal neck circumference (FNC) and fetal neck area (FNA) throughout gestation.MethodsThis prospective cross‐sectional study involved pregnant patients between 14 and 40 weeks' gestation.
David M, Sherer, Margarita, Sokolovski, Mudar, Dalloul, Emil, Dib, John C, Pezzullo, Joseph A, Osho, Ovadia, Abulafia   +6 more
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Neck circumference is associated with hyperuricemia: a cross-sectional study

Clinical Rheumatology, 2019
Neck circumference (NC) is associated with metabolic abnormalities, independent of other obesity indices. However, data are limited regarding the potential relation between NC and serum uric acid (UA) concentrations. Therefore, we evaluated the cross-sectional association between NC and UA concentration, and odds of having hyperuricemia in a community ...
Xiuhua Shen, Shouling Wu, Renying Xu, Yuntao Wu, Junjuan Li, Liufu Cui, Rong Shu, Xiang Gao   +7 more
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Neck Circumference and Detection of Hemorrhage After Thyroidectomy

JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery, 2022
Shijie, Yang, Xiequn, Xu
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