@misc{10481/61783,
year = {2020},
month = {2},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/61783},
abstract = {Background: Due to a clinical and public health interest of neck circumference (NC),
a better understanding of this simple anthropometric measurement, as a valid marker of body
composition is necessary. Methods: A total of 119 young healthy adults participated in this study.
NC was measured over the thyroid cartilage and perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the neck.
Body weight, height, waist circumference (WC), and hip circumference were measured. A Dual
X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scan was used to determine fat mass, lean mass, and visceral adipose
tissue (VAT). Additionally, body mass index (BMI) and triponderal mass index (TMI), the waist to
hip and waist to height ratios, and the fat mass and lean mass indexes (FMI and LMI, respectively)
were calculated. Results: NC was positively associated in women (W) and men (M), with BMI (rW
= 0.70 and rM = 0.84, respectively), TMI (rW = 0.63 and rM = 0.80, respectively), WC (rW = 0.75
and rM = 0.86, respectively), VAT (rW = 0.74 and rM = 0.82, respectively), Waist/hip (rW = 0.51
and rM = 0.67, respectively), Waist/height (rW = 0.68 and rM = 0.83, respectively) and FMI (rW =
0.61 and rM = 0.81, respectively). The association between NC and indicators of body composition
was however weaker than that observed by BMI, TMI, WC and Waist/height in both women and
men. It is of note that in women, NC was associated with FMI, VAT and LMI independently of BMI.
In men, adding NC to anthropometric variables did not improve the prediction of body composition,
while slight improvements were observed in women. Conclusions: Taken together, the present
study provides no indication for NC as a useful proxy of body composition parameters in young
adults, yet future studies should explore its usefulness as a measure to use in combination with BMI,
especially in women.},
organization = {This study was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness Grants
(DEP2016-79512-R and PTA 12264-I), Fondo de Investigación Sanitaria del Instituto de Salud Carlos III (PI13/01393),
and Retos de la Sociedad (DEP2016-79512-R), Fondos Estructurales de la Unión Europea (FEDER), by the
Spanish Ministry of Education (FPU 13/04365), by the Fundación Iberoamericana de Nutrición (FINUT), by the
Redes temáticas de investigación cooperativa RETIC (Red SAMID RD16/0022), by AstraZeneca HealthCare
Foundation and by the University of Granada, Plan Propio de Investigación 2016, Excellence actions: Units
of Excellence; Scientific Unit of Excellence on Exercise and Health (UCEES), Plan Propio de Investigación
2018: Programa Contratos-Puente and Programa Perfeccionamiento de Doctores, by the Junta de Andalucía,
Consejería de Conocimiento, Investigación y Universidades, the European Regional Development Funds (ref.
SOMM17/6107/UGR), by the Fundación Alfonso Martín Escudero, and by the Fundación Carolina (C.2016-574961).
This study is part of a Ph.D. Thesis conducted in the Biomedicine Doctoral Studies of the University of
Granada, Spain.},
publisher = {MDPI},
keywords = {Body fat distribution},
keywords = {Cardiovascular risk},
keywords = {Neck adipose tissue},
keywords = {Upper body fatness},
title = {Association of Neck Circumference with Anthropometric Indicators and Body Composition Measured by DXA in Young Spanish Adults},
doi = {10.3390/nu12020514},
author = {Arias Téllez, María José and Acosta Manzano, Francisco Miguel and Sánchez-Delgado, Guillermo and Martínez Téllez, Borja Manuel and Muñoz-Hernández, Victoria and Martínez Ávila, Wendy D. and Henriksson, Pontus and Ruiz Ruiz, Jonatan},
}