Open AccessNeck circumference as a marker of overweight and obesity and cutoff values for Bangladeshi adults
Author(s) -
Nazmul Kabir Qureshi,
Tofazzal Hossain,
Mohammed Imrul Hassan,
Nazma Akter,
M Tanvir Rahman,
Moushumi Moriam Sultana,
SM Ashrafuzzaman,
Zafar Ahmed Latif
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian journal of endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.456
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2230-9500
pISSN - 2230-8210
DOI - 10.4103/ijem.ijem_196_17
Subject(s) - medicine , overweight , waist , body mass index , obesity , circumference , cutoff , waist–hip ratio , cross sectional study , outpatient clinic , demography , physics , geometry , mathematics , pathology , quantum mechanics , sociology
There are several methods of assessing overweight and obesity. Several studies conducted in different populations indicate that neck circumference (NC) can be used as a simple measure of overweight and obesity. This study was conducted to evaluate NC as a marker of overweight and obesity and to determine respective cutoff values for Bangladeshi male and female participants.