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AbstractBackground and Objectives:Coronary artery disease is the most common cause of death throughout the world. There is arelation between central obesity and glucose intolerance, hyperinsulinemia, diabetes, gout, andhyper-triglyceridemia rather than lower body obesity. Neck circumference is one of the new indicesof obesity because of easily measurement. The aim of this study was to determine the relationshipbetween neck circumference and other indices of obesity included waist circumference, body massindex, waist to hip circumference, waist-to-height ratio, body-fat percent and cardiovascular riskfactors in a group of healthy individuals.Materials and Methods:This was a cross-sectional study in which 131 healthy subjects, including 50 men and 81 womenwere evaluated for relation between neck circumference and risk factors of cardiovascular diseases.Data were analyzed by SPSS-16 using ROC, Chi-square, and Pearson correlation coefficient tests.Results:Mean upper standard neck circumferences were 39 cm and 36 cm in men and women, respectively.In women with elevated neck circumference, weight, waist circumference, height, LDL, systolicblood pressure and body mass index were significantly higher than those with lesser than standardneck circumference. Furthermore, weight, waist circumference, hip circumference, systolic anddiastolic blood pressure in men with high neck circumference was considerably higher than thosethat lesser than usual neck circumference (P <0.05).Conclusion:The high neck circumference was associated with some cardiovascular risk factors. These variablesare the same variables indicative of obesity. Excess fat around the neck is associated with weightgain. This index can be a simple criterion for assessing of people exposed to obesity and is a meansfor screening.Key words:neck circumference, cardiovascular diseases, risk factors