Open AccessNeck circumference as an anthropometric measure of obesity in diabetics
Author(s) -
Jagadamba Aswathappa,
Sumit Garg,
Karthiyanee Kutty,
Viswanathan Shankar
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
north american journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2250-1541
pISSN - 1947-2714
DOI - 10.4103/1947-2714.106188
Subject(s) - medicine , waist , anthropometry , body mass index , obesity , diabetes mellitus , circumference , cutoff , insulin resistance , endocrinology , physics , geometry , mathematics , quantum mechanics
Obesity is a risk factor for type 2 diabetes mellitus. Insulin resistance is associated with visceral subcutaneous fat content. Neck circumference (NC) is a marker of upper body subcutaneous adipose tissue distribution.