Appropriate neck circumference cut-off points for overweight and central obesity in Turkish university students
Progress in Nutrition, cilt.23, sa.1, 2021 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 23 Sayı: 1
- Basım Tarihi: 2021
- Doi Numarası: 10.23751/pn.v23i1.9116
- Dergi Adı: Progress in Nutrition
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, EMBASE
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Neck circumference, Waist circumference, Central Obesity, Overweight, Cut-off
- Kırklareli Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Background: NC is an easier and faster anthropometric measurement and has been demonstrated that there is strong correlation between NC and WC Material and Methods: In addition to our preliminary study we have demonstrated that; the NC has strong corelation with owerveight and central obesity.In this step of the preliminary study, we investigated to evaluate the correlation of the neck circumference with BMI, WC, W/H ratio and to establish cut off values of the NC for prediction of overweight and central obesity in larger population. Results: The prevalence of overweight was 17.1%. An NC of >37 cm for men and >32.5 cm for women was the best cut off point for determining subjects with overweight (P<0.001). The AUC was 0.918 for men and 0.907 for women. The prevalence of abdominal obesity was 15.1%. NC of >38.5 cm for men and >33.5cm for women was the best cut-off point for determining subjects with obese (P<0.001). Conclusions: NC >37 cm for men and >32.5 cm for women was the best cut-off point to determine subjects with overweight and a NC >38.5 cm for men and >33.5cm for women was the best cut-off point to determine subjects with central obesity.