Neck circumference positively related with central obesity, overweight, and metabolic syndrome in Chinese subjects with type 2 diabetes: Beijing Community Diabetes Study 4.
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the association between neck circumference and central obesity, overweight, and metabolic syndrome in Chinese individuals with type 2 diabetes.


METHODS
A total of 3,182 diabetic subjects (aged 20-80 years) were recruited from 15 community health centers in Beijing using a multistage random sampling approach.


RESULTS
Receiver operating characteristic analysis showed that the area under the curve for neck circumference and central obesity was 0.77 for men and 0.75 for women (P<0.001). Furthermore, a neck circumference of ≥38 cm for men and ≥35 cm for women was the best cutoff point for determining overweight subjects. A neck circumference of ≥39 cm for men and ≥35 cm for women was the best cutoff point to determine subjects with metabolic syndrome.


CONCLUSIONS
In the present study, neck circumference is positively related with BMI, waist circumference, and metabolic syndrome in Chinese individuals with type 2 diabetes.
Yang
Guang-Ran
GR
Department of Endocrinology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China. yanggr_55@yahoo.com.cn
Yuan
Shen-Yuan
SY
Fu
Han-Jing
HJ
Wan
Gang
G
Zhu
Liang-Xiang
LX
Bu
Xiang-Lei
XL
Zhang
Jian-Dong
JD
Du
Xue-Ping
XP
Li
Yu-Ling
YL
Ji
Yu
Y
Gu
Xiao-Ning
XN
Li
Yue
Y
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D044466:Asian People; D015992:Body Mass Index; D049628:Body Size / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009333:Neck / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology*; D056128:Obesity, Abdominal / Q000453:epidemiology; D050177:Overweight / Q000453:epidemiology*; D055815:Young Adult