Neck circumference as a potential marker of metabolic syndrome among college students

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem

Dayse Christina Rodrigues Pereira¹  Márcio Flávio Moura De Araújo¹  Roberto Wagner Júnior Freire De Freitas¹  Carla Regina De Souza Teixeira¹  Maria Lúcia Zanetti¹  Marta Maria Coelho Damasceno¹ 

关键词: Anthropometry;    Neck Circumference;    Nursing;    Diabetes Mellitus;    Antropometria;    Circunferência do Pescoço;    Enfermagem;    Diabetes Mellitus;    Antropometría;    Circunferencia del Cuello;    Enfermería;    Diabetes Mellitus;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0104-1169.3565.2505

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

OBJECTIVE: to relate neck circumference with metabolic syndrome and its criteria among college students.METHOD: cross-sectional study conducted with 702 college students in Fortaleza, CE, Brazil from September 2010 to June 2011. Socio-demographic data, waist circumference and neck circumference were collected together with blood pressure, fasting blood sugar, triglyceride levels, and HDL-C.RESULTS: 1.7% of the studied sample presented metabolic syndrome. Of these, 58.3% presented altered neck circumference (p<0.006). As neck circumference decreases, pressure levels improve (p<0.001). Additionally, college students with high fasting blood sugar (p=0.003) and high triglyceride levels (p<0.001) presented higher values of neck circumference.CONCLUSION: neck circumference is a potential predictive marker in the detection of metabolic syndrome and its components among college students.

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