Association of Neck Circumference With Cardiometabolic Risk Factors and Diseases in the German National Cohort
NC was associated with several cardiometabolic risk factors, including glycemic and lipid traits and self-reported cardiometabolic diseases. These observations suggest that NC may be a useful surrogate marker for cardiometabolic risk.
Authors
- Margit Heier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7317-7566)
- Karin Halina Greiser (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3213-8285)
- Anja M. Sedlmeier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7564-3065)
- Wolfgang Lieb (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2544-4460)
- J Enderlé (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5481-5905)
- Eike A. Strathmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-5239-1346)
- Kathrin Günther (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3801-4769)
- Ilka Ratjen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2642-371X)
- Matthias Nauck (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6678-7964)
- Anna Köttgen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4671-3714)
- Sabrina Schlesinger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4244-0832)
- Cara Övermöhle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-2856-2260)
- Beate Fischer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3011-6886)
- Katharina Weber
- Klara Willrodt
Institutions
- University of Freiburg (DE)
- German Cancer Research Center (DE)
- Heidelberg University (DE)
- Universitätsmedizin Greifswald (DE)
- University Medical Center Freiburg (DE)
- University Hospital Augsburg (DE)
- Helmholtz Zentrum München (DE)
- University Hospital Regensburg (DE)
- Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (DE)
- University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein (DE)
- Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS (DE)
- German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DE)
- Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum e.V. (DE)
- German Center for Diabetes Research (DE)
- Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (DE)
- University of Regensburg (DE)
- University of Lübeck (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the Endocrine Society
- Published
- 2025-10-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1210/jendso/bvaf163
- Primary Topic
- Head and Neck Cancer Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00