ea0029p1250 | Obesity | ICEECE2012
Sales A.
, Castelo M.
, Ponte C.
, Fernandes V.
, Mendes P.
, de Mesquita S.
, Montenegro A.
, Quidute A.
, Negrato C.
, Montenegro Jr R.
Recent studies have suggested that upper body adiposity is associated with major cardiovascular risk (CVR). However most of them were conducted in obese patients. This study aimed to evaluate the relationship of neck circumference (NC) in a non-obese Brazilian adult population, considering that it would be a simple and time-saving measurement to identify patients with worse cardiometabolic profile. We evaluated 279 non-obese Brazilian adults [86 men (♂), 193 women (ϓ...