Zhang J, et al. - In a community-based population with and without sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), researchers explored the link between neck circumference (NC; represents upper body subcutaneous adipose tissue) and the incidence of congestive heart failure (CHF) or mortality due to coronary heart disease (CHD). In this prospective study using the Sleep Heart Health Study (SHHS) cohort, NC was found to be significantly related to CHF when the highest NC quartile group was compared with the lowest in the non-SDB population, and after adjusting for age, sex, and body mass index. In those without SDB, a significant link was found between NC and CHD death after adjustment for all the covariates. Using NC measurement, subjects without SDB may be stratified for the risk of cardiovascular diseases.