ISSN: 2574-7770
Correlation of Neck Circumference with Body Mass Index as a Measure of Overweight and Obesity
Authors:
Lakshmi G1, Visweswara Reddy YJ2, Nageswara Rao PV3 and Sridhar GR4*
Aim: To correlate neck circumference with body mass index.
Setting: In patients from a medical unit of a semi-rural medical college hospital in southern India.
Methods: 99 subjects with a BMI>25 were studied.
Results: The Pearson correlation between neck circumference and BMI was 0.285, which was significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).
Conclusion: A correlation was found between the neck circumference and BMI.
Keywords:
Fatty acid; Hypertension; Type2 diabetes mellitus; Dyslipidemia; Cardiovascular disease