Neck Circumference as an Anthropometric Indicator of Central Obesity in Patients with Prediabetes: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 2

Multivariate linear regression analysis between waist circumference and other factors.

Factors	Female		Male
	B-coefficient (95% CI)	P-value	B-coefficient (95% CI)	P-value
Age	NA	NA	0.07 (0.02, 0.12)	0.011
DBP	-0.02 (-0.07, 0.03)	0.493	0.08 (0.02, 0.13)	0.004
NC	1.01 (0.83, 1.20)	<0.001	0.65 (0.46, 0.85)	<0.001
BMI	1.33 (1.21, 1.45)	<0.001	1.75 (1.57, 1.93)	<0.001
Triglyceride	0.01 (0.004, 0.02)	0.002	0.002 (-0.004, 0.01)	0.483

BMI, body mass index; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; NC, neck circumference.
Age was not included in multivariate linear regression analysis for female due to its P-value >0.1 from univariate analysis.