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      Retracted: Analyzing Neck Circumference as a Tool for Evaluating Overweight and Obesity in Chinese Adolescents

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      Journal of Healthcare Engineering
      Hindawi

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          Analyzing Neck Circumference as a Tool for Evaluating Overweight and Obesity in Chinese Adolescents

          Hui WANG (2021)
          Overweight and obesity at an early age are important criteria for predicting chronic diseases. Each anthropometric method available to assess obesity has its limitations. Recently, neck circumference (NC) has received greater attention as a new evaluation index. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between NC and overweight in Chinese Yi adolescents. A total of 647 Chinese Yi male and female students, aged 13–18 years, were randomly selected from a junior high school and a senior middle school in Leshan, Sichuan Province of China. The measurement indexes included height, weight, waist circumference (WC), and NC, and clinical information was collected by trained physicians. The neck cutoff values were determined through the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve and the area under the curve (AUC). The correlation among NC, body mass index (BMI), and WC was determined by Pearson's correlation coefficient. The ROC analysis revealed that the AUC values were 0.79–0.95 for boys and 0.83–0.91 for girls. The correlation among NC, BMI, and WC in obese boys and girls was higher than 0.70 in both genders. In addition, the NC cutoff values of high BMI ranged from 31.0 cm to 36.1 cm for boys and 31.2 cm to 34.5 cm for girls, respectively. There was a significant positive correlation between NC and obesity in Chinese Yi adolescents. The NC can be used as an additional index to predict the obesity of Chinese Yi adolescents.
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            J Healthc Eng
            J Healthc Eng
            JHE
            Journal of Healthcare Engineering
            Hindawi
            2040-2295
            2040-2309
            2023
            14 September 2023
            14 September 2023
            : 2023
            : 9854528
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            10.1155/2023/9854528
            10513873
            37744562
            1a62c45f-46f0-4a22-ad08-7baec5b2b6be
            Copyright © 2023 Journal of Healthcare Engineering.

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            : 13 September 2023
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