Neck circumference is a valuable tool for identifying metabolic syndrome and obesity in Chinese elder subjects: A community-based study

Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 69-76

  Yan, Qun ^a   Sun, Dongmei ^b   Li, Xu ^a   Zheng, Qinghu ^b   Li, Lun ^b   Gu, Chenhong ^b   Feng, Bo ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b Shanghai Puxing Community Health Care Center   (China)

Author keywords

Metabolic syndrome; Neck circumference; Obesity; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHINESE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NECK CIRCUMFERENCE; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

METABOLIC SYNDROME; NECK CIRCUMFERENCE; OBESITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY SIZE; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NECK; OBESITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; ROC CURVE;

EID: 84892459534     PISSN: 15207552     EISSN: 15207560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dmrr.2464     Document Type: Article

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