Neck circumference positively relates to cardiovascular risk factors in college students

Oluremi A. Famodu; Makenzie L. Barr; Sarah E. Colby; Wenjun Zhou; Ida Holásková; Miriam P. Leary; Carol Byrd-Bredbenner; Anne E. Mathews; Melissa D. Olfert

doi:10.3390/ijerph15071480

Neck circumference positively relates to cardiovascular risk factors in college students

Oluremi A. Famodu, Makenzie L. Barr, Sarah E. Colby, Wenjun Zhou, Ida Holásková, Miriam P. Leary, Carol Byrd-Bredbenner, Anne E. Mathews, Melissa D. Olfert

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Abstract

The objective of this study was to determine the relationship between neck circumference (NC) and other anthropometric measures and examine cut-off points for males and females according to existing waist circumference cut-off levels in this age group. Across 8 universities, 1562 students underwent a physical assessment. Spearman rho correlations (ρ) were calculated to determine associations between NC and other continuous variables of health. Receiving operating characteristic curves were constructed to assess the optimal cut-off levels of NC of males and females with central obesity. Participants were predominantly Caucasian (67%), female (70%), and outside of Appalachia (82%). Forty-one percent of males and 34% of females had a BMI ≥ 25 kg/m². In both sexes, significant positive correlations were seen between NC and body weight, BMI, waist circumference, hip circumference, and systolic blood pressure (all p-values < 0.0001). NC ≥ 38 cm for males and ≥33.5 cm for females were the optimal cut-off values to determine subjects with central obesity. NC has been identified to closely correlate with other anthropometric measurements related to disease and could be used as a convenient, low-cost, and noninvasive measurement in large-scale studies.

Original language	English
Article number	1480
Journal	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Volume	15
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15071480
State	Published - Jul 13 2018

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Funding: This work was supported by a research grant (#2014-67001-21851) from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, West Virginia Clinical Translational Science Institute (NIH P30 GM103488), West Virginia University Experimental Station Hatch (WVA00627 and WVA00641). The funding sponsors had no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of the data; in the writing of the manuscript; or in the decision to publish the results. This work was supported by a research grant (#2014-67001-21851) from the USDANational Institute of Food and Agriculture, West Virginia Clinical Translational Science Institute (NIHP30 GM103488), West Virginia University Experimental Station Hatch (WVA00627 and WVA00641). The funding sponsors had no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of the data; in the writing of the manuscript; or in the decision to publish the results.

Funders	Funder number
West Virginia Clinical Translational Science Institute
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of General Medical Sciences	P30GM103488
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
U.S. Department of Agriculture
US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Agriculture and Food Research Initiative	2014-67001-21851
US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Agriculture and Food Research Initiative
West Virginia University	WVA00641, WVA00627
West Virginia University

Keywords

Neck circumference
Obesity
Risk factor
Young adult

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Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

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