Facial axis angle as a risk factor for obstructive sleep apnea

Internal Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 805-810

  Kubota, Yukiko ^d   Nakayama, Hideaki ^d   Takada, Toshinori ^d   Matsuyama, Naho ^d   Sakai, Kunihiko ^d   Yoshizawa, Hirohisa ^d   Nakamata, Masami ^a   Satoh, Makoto ^b   Akazawa, Kohei ^c   Suzuki, Eiichi ^c   Gejyo, Fumitake ^d  

^a Niigata Rinko Hospital   (Japan)

^b JOETSU UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^c NIIGATA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL AND DENTAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cephalometrics; Facial axis angle; Sleep disordered breathing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE STRUCTURE; CEPHALOMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACE; FACE PROFILE; FACIAL BONE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; SOMNOLENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CEPHALOMETRY; FACIAL BONES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 24644458699     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.44.805     Document Type: Article

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