Table 3.

Correlation between neck circumference and fatness indices and metabolic parameters by sex

Variables	Male		Female
	r	P	r	P
BMI (kg/m2)	0.668	< 0.001	0.569	< 0.001
WC (cm)	0.61	< 0.001	0.584	< 0.001
WHR	0.362	< 0.001	0.382	< 0.001
WHtR	0.531	< 0.001	0.519	< 0.001
VAI	0.382	< 0.001	0.32	< 0.001
LAP	0.557	< 0.001	0.503	< 0.001
AVI	0.617	< 0.001	0.59	< 0.001
Cindex	0.682	< 0.001	0.624	< 0.001
SBP (mmHg)	0.139	< 0.001	0.227	< 0.001
DBP (mmHg)	0.185	< 0.001	0.21	< 0.001
FPG (mmol/L)	0.117	< 0.001	0.23	< 0.001
HbA1c (%)	0.107	< 0.001	0.196	< 0.001
FINS (pmol/L)	0.366	< 0.001	0.331	< 0.001
HOMA-IR	0.375	< 0.001	0.354	< 0.001
TG (mmol/L)	0.334	< 0.001	0.255	< 0.001
TC (mmol/L)	0.114	< 0.001	0.08	< 0.001
LDL (mmol/L)	0.173	< 0.001	0.1	< 0.001
HDL (mmol/L)	−0.262	< 0.001	−0.231	< 0.001

Data were Spearman’s correlation coefficients