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*

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Abstract

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

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