pThe width of your neck may play a role in determining your heart disease risk, according to new data.nbsp; If the results of preliminary research hold up after further study, it could provide a novel approach in determining a patient's risk. /p pThe findings indicated that a wider neck was associated with riskier levels of other measurements for heart disease, including higher systolic blood pressure and lower "good" HDL cholesterol, but were not associated with heart disease itself. /p pStill, the connection could be an important one -- and if true, heart disease would join a list of other diseases linked to a thicker neck. Prior studies have suggested that neck circumference may be associated with diabetes, insulin resistance and hypertension.img src="http://articles.mercola.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=183540" width="1" height="1"