Correlations among neck circumference and anthropometric indicators to estimate body adiposity in people living with HIV

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Authors: Natália Alves Oliveira, Nathalia Sernizon Guimarães, Samantha Luiza Mazon e Silva, Anny Carolina Messias, Gabriela Fonseca Lopes, Israel Borges do Nascimento-Júnior, Sidney Augusto Vieira-Filho, Rachel Basques Caligiorne, Sônia Maria de Figueiredo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2021
• Subjects: Anthropometry; Fat Body; HIV; Neck; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0649-2020; https://doaj.org/article/7d69eda66dfe4cbca246def5ca22513c

Abstract INTRODUCTION: Neck circumference (NC) and anthropometric data of people living with HIV (PLWH) are correlated. METHODS: Socioeconomic, NC, body mass index (BMI), tricipital skinfold thickness (TSF), mid-arm circumference (MAC), mid-arm muscle circumference (MAMC), waist-hip ratio (WHR), waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), waist circumference (WC), and hip circumference (HC) data of 72 PLWH were correlated. RESULTS Higher adiposity was observed in NC (40.3% [n=29]) and WC (31.9% [n=23]). Correlations between NC/BMI, NC/WC, NC/HC, NC/MAC, NC/MAMC, and NC/WHtR were significant. Increased NC (40.3%[n=29]) and WC (31.9 [n=23]) were associated with higher cardiometabolic risk. CONCLUSIONS: NC correlations are adequate for estimating cardiometabolic risk.