title: Neck circumference positively related with central obesity, overweight, and metabolic syndrome in Chinese subjects with type 2 diabetes: Beijing Community Diabetes Study 4.
abstract: 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.
authors: Department of Endocrinology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China. yanggr_55@yahoo.com.cn
authors: Guang-Ran
authors: GR
authors: Yang
authors: Shen-Yuan
authors: SY
authors: Yuan
authors: Han-Jing
authors: HJ
authors: Fu
authors: Gang
authors: G
authors: Wan
authors: Liang-Xiang
authors: LX
authors: Zhu
authors: Xiang-Lei
authors: XL
authors: Bu
authors: Jian-Dong
authors: JD
authors: Zhang
authors: Xue-Ping
authors: XP
authors: Du
authors: Yu-Ling
authors: YL
authors: Li
authors: Yu
authors: Y
authors: Ji
authors: Xiao-Ning
authors: XN
authors: Gu
authors: Yue
authors: Y
authors: Li
mesh_terms: 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