기본간호학회지 (Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamentals of Nursing)
- 제12권3호
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- Pages.347-353
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- 2005
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- 1225-9012(pISSN)
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- 2287-1802(eISSN)
여대생의 비만평가 방법으로서의 목둘레
Neck Circumference as a Measure for Identifying Obesity in Female College Students
초록
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify whether neck circumference might be correlated with other obesity indices and to determine the neck circumference cutoff level for obesity in female college students. Method: The data were obtained by measuring other anthropometric indices including BMI and neck circumference from 325 female college students in J city, Chungbuk Province. Receiver Operating Characteristic curve(ROC curve) analysis was used to find the optimal neck circumference cutoff level against BMI