ArticleBMC pediatrics2016
Neck circumference as a predictor of metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance and low-grade systemic inflammation in children: the ACFIES study.
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- Association with Metabolic Syndrome in Children Diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: A Cross-Sectional StudyJournal of clinical research in pediatric endocrinology · 2026Article
- Neck circumference is associated with metabolic syndrome parameters in adolescents with obesity: a cross-sectional study.BMC pediatrics · 2026Article
- Neck Circumference as a Valuable Tool to Identify the Risk of Metabolic Syndrome in Mexican Children.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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- Association between neck circumference and diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Diabetology & metabolic syndrome · 2023Review
- Gestational diabetes in women with obesity; an analysis of clinical history and simple clinical/anthropometric measures.PloS one · 2022Article
- Associations between neck circumference and markers of dysglycemia, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, and dysmetabolism independent of Body Mass Index in an Emirati population.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Article
- Neck circumference cut-offs for overweight and obesity in a group of Mexican adolescents.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2021Article
- Neck Circumference as a Predictor of Metabolic Syndrome in Koreans: A Cross-Sectional Study.Nutrients · 2021Article
- Neck and Wrist Circumferences as Indicators of Metabolic Alterations in the Pediatric Population: A Scoping Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- The prediction of Metabolic Syndrome alterations is improved by combining waist circumference and handgrip strength measurements compared to either alone.Cardiovascular diabetology · 2021Article
- Neck circumference as an indicator of elevated central adiposity in children.Public health nutrition · 2019Article
- Neck Circumference and Its Association with Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Pediatric Population.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2019Article
- Evaluation of neck circumference as an easy and reliable predictor for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology · 2019Article
- Anthropometric measurements as a potential non-invasive alternative for the diagnosis of metabolic syndrome in adolescents.Archives of endocrinology and metabolism · 2019Article
- Association of Osteoporosis with Anthropometric Measures in a Representative Sample of Iranian Adults: The Iranian Multicenter Osteoporosis Study.International journal of preventive medicine · 2019Article
- Association of Anthropometric Indices With Metabolic Phenotypes of Obesity in Children and Adolescents: The CASPIAN-V Study.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2019Article
- Neck circumference and its association with cardiometabolic risk factors: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Diabetology & metabolic syndrome · 2018Review
- Neck circumference is independently associated with relative systemic hypertension in young adults with sickle cell anaemia.Clinical hypertension · 2018Article
- Neck circumference and clustered cardiovascular risk factors in children and adolescents: cross-sectional study.BMJ open · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe current study aims to evaluate the association between neck circumference (NC) and several cardio-metabolic risk factors, to compare it with well-established anthropometric indices, and to determine the cut-off point value of NC for predicting children at increased risk of metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance and low-grade systemic inflammation.
methodsA total of 669 school children, aged 8-14, were recruited. Demographic, clinical, anthropometric and biochemical data from all patients were collected. Correlations between cardio-metabolic risk factors and NC and other anthropometric variables were evaluated using the Spearman's correlation coefficient. Multiple linear regression analysis was applied to further examine these associations. We then determined by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analyses the optimal cut-off for NC for identifying children with elevated cardio-metabolic risk.
resultsNC was positively associated with fasting plasma glucose and triglycerides (p = 0.001 for all), and systolic and diastolic blood pressure, C-reactive protein, insulin and HOMA-IR (p < 0.001 for all), and negatively with HDL-C (p = 0.001). Whereas, other anthropometric indices were associated with fewer risk factors.
conclusionsNC could be used as clinically relevant and easy to implement indicator of cardio-metabolic risk in children.
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