Body mass index, neck circumference, and hypertension: a prospective cohort study.

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the association between BMI combined with neck circumference and the risk of hypertension.

Methods: We selected participants from the Kailuan study in 2014 who were normotensive as our research subjects. We compared the risk of hypertension among individuals in group 1 (non-obese with low neck circumference), group 2 (non-obese with high neck circumference), group 3 (obese with low neck circumference), and group 4 (obese with high neck circumference).