ArticleOpen access Macedonian journal of medical sciences2015
Is Neck Circumference an Indicator for Metabolic Complication of Childhood Obesity?
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- Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in African populations: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2023Pooled it
- Neck Circumference as a Valuable Tool to Identify the Risk of Metabolic Syndrome in Mexican Children.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Neck and Wrist Circumferences as Indicators of Metabolic Alterations in the Pediatric Population: A Scoping Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 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: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Diabetology & metabolic syndrome · 2018Review
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Abstract
backgroundThe possible role of neck circumference (NC) for screening childhood obesity and its complication is not well characterized.
aimTo assess NC and to explore its increase as risk factor with metabolic syndrome (MS) variables.
methodsCross sectional case-control study included 50 obese children (BMI ≥95(th) percentile) and 50 healthy (BMI 15(th)-‹85(th) percentile). All were subjected to clinical examination, measuring blood pressure (BP), body weight, height, NC, waist (WC) and hip (HC)., fasting blood glucose, insulin and lipid profile.
resultsMS was detected among 52% of obese participants, but not among controls (0%). Clinical parameters and most of the laboratory values were higher in subjects with MS than in non-metabolic subjects, with statistical significance only in blood pressure and triglycerides. Among obese without MS, NC showed significantly positive correlations with age, weight, height, WC, HC and negative with LDL. While among Obese with MS, NC showed significantly positive correlations with age, weight, height, BMI-SDS, WC, HC and DBP.
conclusionNC can be considered as a good indicator and predictor for obesity, especially central obesity. However, NC has no relation with lipid profile or fasting blood sugar.
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