Research progress of relationship between neck circumference and cardiovascular metabolic risk in children
10.3760/cma.j.cn101070-20220906-01047
- VernacularTitle:儿童颈围与心血管代谢风险关系的研究进展
- Author:
Ya′nan SHI
1
;
Luting PENG
;
Xiaonan LI
Author Information
1. 南京医科大学附属儿童医院儿童保健科，南京 210008
- Keywords:
Neck circumference;
Cardiovascular and metabolic risk;
Obesity;
Children and adolescents
- From:
Chinese Journal of Applied Clinical Pediatrics
2023;38(12):944-948
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Obesity is the main risk factor of cardiovascular diseases.As the indexes of obesity evaluation, body mass index(BMI) and waist circumference are the most common methods to predict metabolic risk of cardiovascular system.Recently, neck circumference, a reliable and low-cost parameter of anthropometry, could be considered as a new indicator to evaluate childhood obesity since it is closed correlation with children′s BMI and waist circumference.Moreover, studies had shown that the increase of neck circumference had strong correlation with cardiometabolic risk, such as high blood pressure, hyperlipidemia, hyperglycaemia and hyperuricemia.This indicates that it might be the index to predict metabolic risk of cardiovascular system.Understanding and illuminating the changes of neck circumference and its relationship with obesity and metabolic disorders would have significances for preventing and identifying metabolic risks of cardiovascular system in children and adolescents.
