Table 3

Pearson's correlation between neck circumference and anthropometric characteristics in Iranian children and adolescents by sex: the CASPIAN-IV study

	Neck circumference (cm)
	Sex
	Boys		Girls		Total
Anthropometric measures	Pearson's correlation	p Value	Pearson's correlation	p Value	Pearson correlation	p Value
Weight (cm)	0.546*	<0.001	0.481*	<0.001	0.519*	<0.001
Height (cm)	0.506*	<0.001	0.416*	<0.001	0.470*	<0.001
BMI (kg/m²)†	0.389*	<0.001	0.387*	<0.001	0.384*	<0.001
WC (cm)*	0.491*	<0.001	0.456*	<0.001	0.479*	<0.001
WHR‡	0.035*	<0.001	−0.020	<0.001	0.023*	<0.001
WHtR§	0.156*	<0.001	0.222*	<0.001	0.188*	<0.001
Hip (cm)	0.505*	<0.001	0.464*	<0.001	0.478*	<0.001
	Age group (year)
	7–10		11–14		15–18
Weight (cm)	0.232*	<0.001	0.451*	<0.001	0.366*	<0.001
Height (cm)	0.183*	<0.001	0.334*	<0.001	0.259*	<0.001
BMI (kg/m²)†	0.146†	<0.001	0.350*	<0.001	0.264*	<0.001
WC (cm)*	0.258*	<0.001	0.433*	<0.001	0.335*	<0.001
WHR‡	0.018	<0.001	0.084*	<0.001	0.139*	<0.001
WHtR§	0.163†	<0.001	0.302*	<0.001	0.238*	<0.001
Hip (cm)	0.253*	<0.001	0.407*	<0.001	0.260*	<0.001

*Waist circumference.
†BMI.
‡WHtR.
§WHR.
BMI, body mass index; WC, waist circumference; WHR, waist-to-hip ratio; WHtR, waist-to-height ratio.