Compartmental neck fat accumulation and its relation to cardiovascular risk and metabolic syndrome.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Neck circumference is a predictor of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. However, detailed assessment of neck fat has not been explored, and the contribution from individual neck fat compartments to CVD risk is unknown.

Objective

The objective was to measure neck adipose tissue (NAT) compartments and examine relations with CVD risk markers, with the hypothesis that neck adipose tissue (NAT) accumulation preferentially involves specific compartments that contribute differently to metabolic risk.

Design

We retrospectively studied 303 subjects with successfully treated malignancies or benign etiologies [151 women, 152 men; mean (± SD) age: 55 ± 17 y; mean body mass index (BMI; in kg/m(2)): 28 ± 6] who underwent whole-body positron emission tomography/computed t

SUBMITTER: Torriani M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6443294 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature