Association of neck circumference and hypertension among adults in a rural community Thailand: A cross-sectional study.
Panuwat SoitongSaowaluck JangjaicharoenApisit KaewsanitParinya MaliYada ViriyakhaikulSupakarn BoonnummaSuphat TipmabutrParatakorn ChalermchuangWarunporn ManeechotChanunchida NumnoiKitwiwat PhungmaliThana MeksongBenjapon PonpadermyodWachara JirachairattanasinBoonsub SakboonyaratRam RangsinMathirut MungthinPhunlerd PiyarajPublished in: PloS one (2021)
Almost one-third of participants in the remote rural areas presented hypertension. NC was associated with HT independent from other risk factors. NC is a simple and useful anthropometric index to identify HT in rural Thai adults.