Neck circumference is associated with metabolic syndrome in hypertensive women
International Journal of Development Research
Neck circumference is associated with metabolic syndrome in hypertensive women
Received 27th June 2020; Received in revised form 19th July 2020; Accepted 10th August 2020; Published online 30th September 2020
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Introduction: Neck circumference (NC) has been used as an anthropometric measure to estimate cardiometabolic risk. Objective: To verify whether NC is able to assist in the diagnosis of metabolic syndrome (MetS). Methods: The sample consisted of 60 patients of both gender. mean age 62.6±11.7 years. Shapiro-Wilk. non-paired t test. Mann-Whitney (p<0.05). Pearson and Spearman correlations were used for statistical analysis. Results: The NC values were. for men (37.1±3 cm) and women (33.1±2.49 cm) and waist circumference (WC) in men (95.3±0.69 cm) and women (91.3±9.61 cm). The mean NC was higher in women with MetS (32±2.8 cm vs 33.8±2.5 cm; p= 0.02). There was a positive correlation between NC and WC (r= 0.46; p= 0.001 for women) and (r= 0.67; p= 0.04 for men) and with body mass index (0.73 p= 0.02 for women) and (r= 0.40; p= 0. 01 for men). In women. The NC showed a higher area under the ROC curve (0.688; confidence interval 0.526 - 0.850; p= 0.03). Conclusion: NC is an anthropometric marker useful in the ratification of the MetS and can be used as an additional tool for screening this pathology in similar populations.
