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Neck Circumference Positively Relates to Cardiovascular Risk Factors in College Students.


ABSTRACT: The objective of this study was to determine the relationship between neck circumference (NC) and other anthropometric measures and examine cut-off points for males and females according to existing waist circumference cut-off levels in this age group. Across 8 universities, 1562 students underwent a physical assessment. Spearman rho correlations (?) were calculated to determine associations between NC and other continuous variables of health. Receiving operating characteristic curves were constructed to assess the optimal cut-off levels of NC of males and females with central obesity. Participants were predominantly Caucasian (67%), female (70%), and outside of Appalachia (82%). Forty-one percent of males and 34% of females had a BMI ? 25 kg/m². In both sexes, significant positive correlations were seen between NC and body weight, BMI, waist circumference, hip circumference, and systolic blood pressure (all p-values < 0.0001). NC ? 38 cm for males and ?33.5 cm for females were the optimal cut-off values to determine subjects with central obesity. NC has been identified to closely correlate with other anthropometric measurements related to disease and could be used as a convenient, low-cost, and noninvasive measurement in large-scale studies.

SUBMITTER: Famodu OA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6068828 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Neck Circumference Positively Relates to Cardiovascular Risk Factors in College Students.

Famodu Oluremi A OA   Barr Makenzie L ML   Colby Sarah E SE   Zhou Wenjun W   Holásková Ida I   Leary Miriam P MP   Byrd-Bredbenner Carol C   Mathews Anne E AE   Olfert Melissa D MD  

International journal of environmental research and public health 20180713 7


The objective of this study was to determine the relationship between neck circumference (NC) and other anthropometric measures and examine cut-off points for males and females according to existing waist circumference cut-off levels in this age group. Across 8 universities, 1562 students underwent a physical assessment. Spearman rho correlations (ρ) were calculated to determine associations between NC and other continuous variables of health. Receiving operating characteristic curves were const  ...[more]

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