Neck Fat Accumulation and Its Relationship to Cardiovascular Risk and Metabolic Syndrome

Mass General Brigham

Status: Completed

Conditions: Obesity

Treatments: Other: No intervention

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02205021

2012P001603

Details and patient eligibility

About

Accumulation of fat in the neck using tape measures has been linked to increased cardiovascular risk. The investigators' hypothesis is that detailed measures of neck fat using computed tomography will show that specific fat compartments in the neck contribute differently to cardiovascular risk.

Enrollment: 303 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 91 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• no history of malignancy at the time of image acquisition
• fasting glucose measured immediately prior to PET/CT

Exclusion criteria

• history of neck cancer, radiation therapy, and/or surgery

Trial design

303 participants in 1 patient group

All subjects

Treatment:

Other: No intervention