Relationship Between Cardiovascular Disease Risk And Neck Circumference Shown In The Score Risk Model

Background and Aims: The most important way to reduce CVD-related mortality is to apply appropriate treatment according to the risk status of the patients. For this purpose, the SCORE risk model is used in Europe. In addition to these risk models, some anthropometric measurements are known to be associated with total CVD risk. However, there are not many studies on neck circumference (NC) in order to predict CVD risk. The aim of this study was to investigate the association of NC with SCORE risk.