Neck circumference as a measure of central obesity: Associations with metabolic syndrome and obstructive sleep apnea syndrome beyond waist circumference

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 46-51

  Onat, Altan ^a,b   Hergenç, Gülay ^c   Yüksel, Hüsniye ^b   Can, Günay ^b   Ayhan, Erkan ^d   Kaya, Zekeriya ^e   Dursunoǧlu, Dursun ^f  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d DR SIYAMI ERSEK THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^e Ko uyolu Kartal Heart Education and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^f PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

nsulin resistance; Metabolic syndrome; Neck circumference; Obesity; Obstructive sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NECK CIRCUMFERENCE; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SMOKING; SNORING; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

BODY MASS INDEX; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SMOKING; TURKEY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 59349093201     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2008.10.006     Document Type: Article

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