Neck Circumference as a Predictive Indicator of CKD for High Cardiovascular Risk Patients

Table 2

Spearman correlation coefficients of neck circumference by sex and age.

Variables	Men < 65 yrs ( = 57)		Men ≧ 65 yrs ( = 68)		Women < 65 yrs ( = 26)		Women ≧ 65 yrs ( = 26)
	Coefficients	value	Coefficients	value	Coefficients	value	Coefficients	value
Age (yrs)	−0.263	0.048	−0.113	0.361	−0.373	0.060	0.167	0.414
Height (cm)	0.125	0.355	0.149	0.224	0.552	0.003	0.255	0.209
Weight (kg)	0.677	<0.001	0.649	<0.001	0.635	<0.001	0.760	<0.001
Body mass index (kg/m^2)	0.738	<0.001	0.643	<0.001	0.417	0.034	0.668	<0.001
Waist circumference (cm)	0.665	<0.001	0.712	<0.001	0.331	0.098	0.622	0.001
Hip circumference (cm)	0.660	<0.001	0.743	<0.001	0.560	0.003	0.832	<0.001
Waist hip ratio	0.342	0.009	0.337	0.005	−0.054	0.794	0.114	0.579
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	0.059	0.665	0.230	0.059	0.159	0.438	0.185	0.365
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	0.141	0.295	0.229	0.060	0.648	<0.001	−0.170	0.406
Fasting glucose (mg/dL)	0.125	0.356	0.339	0.006	−0.027	0.899	0.092	0.662
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	0.222	0.097	0.104	0.409	−0.170	0.418	−0.032	0.879
LDL cholesterol (mg/dL)	0.227	0.089	0.223	0.074	−0.229	0.271	0.193	0.356
HDL cholesterol (mg/dL)	0.099	0.464	−0.181	0.156	−0.274	0.185	−0.261	0.218
Triglyceride (mg/dL)	0.176	0.191	0.339	0.006	0.295	0.152	0.423	0.044
Creatinine (mg/dL)	−0.167	0.215	−0.076	0.546	0.057	0.788	−0.036	0.866
Cystatin C (mg/L)	0.303	0.034	−0.100	0.450	0.276	0.226	−0.041	0.863
Blood urea nitrogen (mg/dL)	−0.040	0.773	0.116	0.377	−0.090	0.668	0.318	0.121
Uric acid (mg/dL)	−0.202	0.135	0.113	0.374	0.630	0.001	0.140	0.505
Albumin (mg/dL)	0.057	0.674	0.082	0.521	0.268	0.195	−0.397	0.050
hsCRP (mg/L)	0.188	0.174	0.244	0.058	0.627	0.001	0.053	0.806
Microalbuminuria (mg/day)	0.238	0.077	0.049	0.709	0.380	0.067	0.256	0.217
Total protein (mg/dL)	0.044	0.745	0.078	0.541	−0.040	0.849	−0.607	0.001
Aspartate aminotransferase (U/L)	0.003	0.982	−0.314	0.012	−0.011	0.957	−0.161	0.443
Alanine aminotransferase (U/L)	0.028	0.834	0.089	0.482	−0.020	0.925	−0.044	0.833
Alkaline phosphatase (U/L)	0.443	0.172	0.185	0.526	−0.319	0.538	0.559	0.192
Calcium (mg/dL)	−0.018	0.895	0.157	0.215	0.260	0.209	0.171	0.414
Phosphorus (mmol/L)	−0.121	0.373	−0.013	0.918	−0.221	0.288	−0.432	0.031
Sodium (mmol/L)	0.070	0.606	0.117	0.357	−0.134	0.524	−0.237	0.255
Potassium (mEq/L)	0.001	0.995	0.261	0.067	−0.055	0.818	−0.026	0.915
Bilirubin (mg/dL)	0.001	0.997	−0.041	0.746	0.277	0.180	−0.116	0.581
Urine creatinine (mg/dL)	0.165	0.220	0.037	0.770	0.249	0.230	−0.011	0.958
24 hr CCR (mL/min)	0.440	0.001	0.296	0.017	0.231	0.267	0.064	0.760
eGFRMDRD (mL/min/1.73 m^2)	0.216	0.107	0.077	0.541	−0.066	0.752	0.039	0.852
eGFRCG (mL/min/1.73 m^2)	0.475	<0.001	0.355	0.004	0.341	0.095	0.442	0.027