TY - JOUR AU - Alzeidan, Rasmieh AU - Fayed, Amel AU - Hersi, Ahmed S. AU - Elmorshedy, Hala PY - 2019 DA - 2019/04/01 TI - Performance of neck circumference to predict obesity and metabolic syndrome among adult Saudis: a cross-sectional study JO - BMC Obesity SP - 13 VL - 6 IS - 1 AB - Neck circumference (NC) is a novel simple and stable body measurement, a growing body of evidence indicates its validity to diagnose obesity and metabolic syndrome (MetS). Because the cutoff value of NC is gender and ethnic-specific; we conducted the current study to explore the performance of NC to predict general obesity, central obesity, and MetS among adult Saudis of both genders. SN - 2052-9538 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40608-019-0235-7 DO - 10.1186/s40608-019-0235-7 ID - Alzeidan2019 ER -