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SUBMITTER: Cho NH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4683519 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cho Nam H NH Oh Tae Jung TJ Kim Kyoung Min KM Choi Sung Hee SH Lee Jae Ho JH Park Kyong Soo KS Jang Hak Chul HC Kim Jong Yeol JY Lee Hong Kyu HK Lim Soo S
Scientific reports 20151218
Neck circumference, a proxy for upper-body fat, may be a unique fat depot that indicates metabolic risk beyond whole body fat. We investigated whether neck circumference is associated with development of diabetes mellitus (DM) in a subset of data with Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study (n = 3521, age range = 42-71 years). Nondiabetic subjects at the baseline were categorized into 4 groups (Q1-Q4) according to their neck circumference. Parameters related with β-cell function and insulin resista ...[more]