ArticleJornal de pediatria
Accuracy of neck circumference for diagnosing overweight in six- and seven-year-old children.
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- Neck circumference as an anthropometric marker of overweight among school-aged children in Bharatpur, Nepal: A community-based study.PloS one · 2026Article
- Relationship between neck circumference and body composition: a cross-sectional study based on a Chinese population.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Accuracy of neck circumference in the diagnosis of overweight in children.Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) · 2024Article
- Comparison of Neck Circumference, Waist Circumference, and Skinfold Thickness in Measuring the Subcutaneous Fat Distribution and Their Association with Handgrip Strength: Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The inverse relationship between fatness and bone mineral content is mediated by the adolescent appendicular skeletal muscle mass index: The Cogni-Action Project.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
- Percentile Reference Values for the Neck Circumference of Mexican Children.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Neck circumference and cardiometabolic risk in children and adolescents: the moderator role of cardiorespiratory fitness.BMC pediatrics · 2021Article
- [Correlation of neck circumference with body mass index in preschool children].Zhongguo dang dai er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of contemporary pediatricsArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo estimate the accuracy of neck circumference measurement as a method of diagnosing excess weight of six and seven-year-old children.
methods1026 six and seven-year-old children were included and anthropometric data were collected using cut-off points for the Body Mass Index (BMI) Z-score, in addition to the measurement of their neck circumference in centimeters. Pearson's correlation coefficient was used to assess the correlation between neck circumference and BMI. Sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values were calculated. The Receiver Operating Characteristic curve was used to measure the accuracy of neck circumference as a diagnostic method for excess weight.
resultsA positive linear correlation value was observed between neck circumference and BMI 0.572 (p<0.001). The accuracy value of the global ROC curve was 0.772 (p<0.001). Sensitivity and specificity showed low values, but high positive predictive values were observed, especially between measures of 30 and 31cm.
conclusionNeck circumference showed accuracy of 77.2% as a diagnostic method for overweightness in six and seven-year-old children.
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