Background Central obesity, a key component of metabolic syndrome, notably impacts serum uric acid levels. In previous studies, several obesity indicators (e.g., body mass index, waist circumference, and waist-to-height ratio) have been investigated as potential predictors hyperuricemia. Meanwhile, neck circumference (NC) measurement has recently developed simple time-saving anthropometric meth...

1Department of Treatment Obesity, Metabolic Disorders and Clinical Dietetics, Poznan University Medical Science, Poland 2Department Bioinformatics Computational Biology, Sciences,

BACKGROUND Visceral adipose tissue (VAT) is a unique pathogenic fatty deposit, in that it is closely correlated with risk of cardiovascular diseases. The present study is to investigate the usefulness of neck circumference (NC) to indicate VAT. METHODS Participants aged 35 to 75 years who had taken abdomen and neck computer tomography (CT) examination were included in this study. Neck adipose...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE To explore relationships among gender, body size, neck size, and the diameters of the common carotid artery (CCA) and internal carotid artery (ICA). METHODS Using multivariate regression, the best predictors of sonographic diameters of CCA and ICA were determined based on age, height, weight, body mass index, body surface area, neck circumference, neck length, and blood...