the relationship between physical activity, lipid profile, and two new anthropometric cardiovascular risk factors among men

Background: cardiovascular diseases are among the most prevalent causes of morbidity andmortality. this research investigated the relationship between physical activity, lipid profile, andnew anthropometric cardiovascular risk factors among men.methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted on 155 adult men (30-50 years old) whowere selected randomly from 250 men called by public announcement. standard methods wereused to measure their anthropometric indices and then they were asked to complete the baeckequestionnaire. anova was used to compare basic anthropometric and clinical characteristicsin different age groups followed by tukey’s posthoc test. a correlation of anthropometricmeasurements with glucose and lipid parameters was determined by the pearson correlationcoefficient. p<0.05 was considered as a significant level.results: the mean ±sd age of the participants was 39.8±0.5 years. their mean±sd body massindex (bmi) was 25.6±0.3 kg/m2 with a mean±sd neck circumference (nc) of 38.4±0.1 cm,and mean±sd wrist circumference (wrc) of 17.4±0.0 cm. there was a statistically significantdifference between age groups concerning height, bmi, wrc, and fasting blood glucose(fbg). the nc showed statistically significant correlation with weight (r=0.7, p<0.001),triglyceride (r=0.1, p=0.033), high-density lipoprotein (hdl) (r=-0.2, p=0.007) and physicalactivity (pa) (r=-0.1, p=0.020). also the wrc had statistically significant correlation withweight (r=0.7, p<0.001), height (r=0.1, p=0.021) and hdl (r=-0.1, p=0.024).conclusion: measuring nc like other methods was a potential assessment tool of cardiovascularrisk factors and can be used for epidemiological studies. also, wrc had no significant relation.however, wrc’s negative correlation with hdl was very important and can indicate the healthstatus of individuals.