Prevalence of obstructive sleep apnoea in a sample of obese women: Effect of menopause

Diabetes, Nutrition and Metabolism - Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 296-303

  Resta, O ^a   Bonfitto, Piergiuseppe ^b,c   Sabato, R ^b   De Pergola, G ^a   Foschino Barbaro, M P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^c Struttura Complessa Direzione Univ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Body fat distribution; Menopause; Obesity; OSA; RDI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY DISTRIBUTION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; NECK; NIGHT; OBESITY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREDICTION; PREMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; OBESITY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATION; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SPIROMETRY; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 12344283129     PISSN: 03943402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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