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Relationship Between Neck Circumference and Epicardial Fat Thickness in a Healthy Male Population [PDF]

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, 2016
Background: Epicardial fat is an upper body visceral fat depot that may play a significant role in the development of adverse metabolic and cardiovascular risk profiles.
Uğur Küçük, Hilal Olgun Küçük, Ferhat Cüce, Sevket Balta   +3 more
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Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis and Manual Measurements of Neck Circumference Are Interchangeable, and Declining Neck Circumference Is Related to Presarcopenia [PDF]

BioMed Research International, 2021
Purpose. Preventive medicine is important in an aging society. Presarcopenia is the preliminary stage of sarcopenia. Recent advances in bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) devices have enabled automatic estimation of neck circumference (NC). However, the agreement between and interchangeability of NC measured manually and that calculated with BIA ...
Masaaki Machino, Kei Ando, Kazuyoshi Kobayashi, Hiroaki Nakashima, Satoshi Tanaka, Shunsuke Kanbara, Sadayuki Ito, Taro Inoue, Hiroyuki Koshimizu, Taisuke Seki, Shinya Ishizuka, Yasuhiko Takegami, Yukiharu Hasegawa, Shiro Imagama   +13 more
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Considerations when Using Neck Circumference as a Screening Tool

Oman Medical Journal, 2016
Mahmood Dhahir Al-Mendalawi
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Neck circumference and prehypertension [PDF]

Journal of Hypertension, 2015
We have previously found that neck circumference was related to insulin resistance, a risk factor for hypertension in Chinese. Little is known about whether high neck circumference is associated with elevated blood pressure.The study samples were from a community-based health examination survey in central China.
Jun, Liang, Yu, Wang, Lianjun, Dou, Hongyan, Li, Xuekui, Liu, Qinqin, Qiu, Lu, Qi   +6 more
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Neck circumference and incidence of cerebrovascular disease over 12 years among Korean adults [PDF]

Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives, 2022
Objectives Neck circumference is associated with a distinctive fat storage process that confers additional metabolic risk. Hence, this study aimed to investigate the correlation between baseline neck circumference and the incidence of cerebrovascular ...
Jae-Seon Han, Yun-Hee Kim
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The associations between anthropometric indices and obstructive sleep apnea in a Korean population. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
Obesity is a major risk factor for the development of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Although clinical and epidemiological studies have shown that OSA and obesity are strongly associated, few Asian studies have examined the associations between ...
Hyeon Hui Kang, Ji Young Kang, Jick Hwan Ha, Jongmin Lee, Sung Kyoung Kim, Hwa Sik Moon, Sang Haak Lee   +6 more
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Comparison of the Ratio of Neck Circumference to Thyromental Distance and the Ratio of Neck Circumference to Inter-Incisor Gap in Predicting Difficult Intubation. [PDF]

Cureus
Background Airway management is central to anaesthetic practice, with endotracheal intubation pivotal in both elective and emergency settings. Although various assessment tests aim to predict a difficult airway, their predictive performance varies widely. Comparative evaluation is therefore required to identify the most reliable predictor.
Raveendran L, Singh S, Verma A, Chandrashekar M.   +3 more
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Distribution of the head and neck surgical oncology workforce in the United States

, 2022
BACKGROUNDThe recent trends in education and geographic distribution of the head and neck surgery workforce have not been studied extensively. METHODSWe reviewed publicly available sources to locate all fellowship-trained head and neck surgeons and ...
Babak Givi, Lydiatt, William M, Tanya Fancy, Abhinav Talwar, Arnaud F. Bewley, William M. Lydiatt, Bewley, Arnaud F, Moore, Michael G., Michael G. Moore, Gordon, Alex J., Bewley, Arnaud F., Moore, Michael G, Donald Weed, Lydiatt, William M., Weed, Donald, Givi, Babak, Fancy, Tanya, Gordon, Alex J, Alex J. Gordon, Talwar, Abhinav   +19 more
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Neck circumference and waist circumference as a tool for evaluating obesity

Indian Journal of Child Health, 2020
Background: Obesity has acquired an epidemic proportion, leading to increased morbidity and mortality. Early identification and timely intervention in children are the need of the hour. Objective: The objective of the study was to measure and compare the neck circumference (NC) and waist circumference (WC) in normal, overweight, and obese children ...
Mohit Jindal, Rupesh Masand, Amit Kumar Nimawat, Bhagwan Sahai Natani, Chaman Ram Verma   +4 more
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Long‐term neck and shoulder function among survivors of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma treated with chemoradiation as assessed with the neck dissection impairment index

, 2021
BackgroundOf interest is the long‐term neck and shoulder impairment of patients treated with primary chemoradiotherapy (CRT). This is important for counseling patients regarding treatment decisions when discussing primary CRT.MethodsA cross‐sectional ...
Scott A. Mclean, Wolf, Gregory T., Bradford, Carol R., Matthew E. Spector, Jeffrey M. Vainshtein, Mark E. Prince, Sarah J. M. Burgin, Prince, Mark E. P., Eisbruch, Avraham, Mclean, Scott A., Gregory T. Wolf, Carol R. Bradford, Burgin, Sarah J. M., Rosko, Andrew, Prince, Mark E., Vainshtein, Jeffrey M., Douglas B. Chepeha, Bellile, Emily, Pearson, Alexander T., Francis P. Worden, Spector, Matthew E., Emily Bellile, Avraham Eisbruch, Worden, Francis P., Chepeha, Douglas B., Alexander T. Pearson, Andrew Rosko   +26 more
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