Research Article
Neck Circumference as an Anthropometric Indicator of Central Obesity in Patients with Prediabetes: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 1
Description of characteristics of study’s participants.
| | Factor | Female (N = 1,007) | Male (N= 527) | Total (N = 1,534) |
| | Age; year (mean; SD) | 62.41 (8.04) | 62.15 (9.98) | 62.32 (8.75) |
| | Alcohol drinking (%) | | | | | Current | 122 (12) | 206 (39) | 328 (21) | | Past | 178 (18) | 223 (42) | 401 (26) | | Never | 706 (70) | 98 (19) | 804 (53) |
| | Smoking (%) | | | | | Current | 13 (1) | 57 (11) | 70 (5) | | Past | 39 (4) | 264 (50) | 303 (20) | | Never | 955 (95) | 206 (39) | 1161 (75) |
| | Underlying diseases | | | | | Hypertension (%) | 667 (67) | 361 (69) | 1,028 (67) | | Dyslipidemia (%) | 916 (91) | 473 (90) | 1389 (91) | | CKD (%) | 18 (2) | 42 (8) | 60 (4) |
| | Physical examination (mean; SD) | | | | BMI (kg/m2) | 26.17 (4.25) | 25.63 (3.55) | 25.96 (4.02) | | WC (cm) | 88.12 (10.06) | 93.22 (9.52) | 89.87 (10.17) | | NC (cm) | 33.97 (2.82) | 38.35 (3.26) | 35.47 (3.64) | | SBP (mmHg) | 132.71 (17.11) | 133.47 (15.27) | 132.97 (16.50) | | DBP (mmHg) | 78.44 (8.69) | 80.16 (10.15) | 79.03 (9.25) |
| | Laboratory (mean; SD) | | | | FPG (mg/dL) | 105.75 (8.03) | 106.29 (7.73) | 105.94 (7.93) | | TG (mg/dL) | 123 (22-444) | 127 (36-880) | 124 (22-880) |
| | HDL-C (mg/dL) | 56.77 (14.03) | 49.33 (12.64) | 54.26 (14.02) | | LDL-C (mg/dL) | 128.22 (32.26) | 124.73 (30.46) | 127.03 (31.76) |
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Median (range). BMI, body mass index; CKD, chronic kidney disease; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; FPG, fasting plasma glucose; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; NC, neck circumference; SBP, systolic blood pressure; SD, standard deviation; TG, triglyceride; WC, waist circumference. |
