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. 2010 Nov;33(11):2465-7.
doi: 10.2337/dc10-0798. Epub 2010 Aug 19.

Neck circumference positively related with central obesity, overweight, and metabolic syndrome in Chinese subjects with type 2 diabetes: Beijing Community Diabetes Study 4

Guang-Ran Yang  1 , Shen-Yuan Yuan, Han-Jing Fu, Gang Wan, Liang-Xiang Zhu, Xiang-Lei Bu, Jian-Dong Zhang, Xue-Ping Du, Yu-Ling Li, Yu Ji, Xiao-Ning Gu, Yue Li; Beijing Community Diabetes Study Group
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Neck circumference positively related with central obesity, overweight, and metabolic syndrome in Chinese subjects with type 2 diabetes: Beijing Community Diabetes Study 4

Guang-Ran Yang et al. Diabetes Care. 2010 Nov.

Abstract

Objective: To investigate the association between neck circumference and central obesity, overweight, and metabolic syndrome in Chinese individuals with type 2 diabetes.

Research design and 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.

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A: NC in the BMI and WC subgroups. ROC curves related to NC and central obesity (B), overweight (C) and MS (D) in men and women. E: The prevalence of MS in the BMI and NC subgroups.
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