The clinical predictors of hypertension and sleepiness in an Asian population with sleep-disordered breathing

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 6-10

  Leng, Poh Hock ^a   Mosharraf Hossain, A K M ^b   Chan, Y H ^c   Tan, W C ^d  

^a LEGACY HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Apnoea; Blood pressure; Singapore; Somnolence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANAMNESIS; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY MASS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OXYGEN SATURATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGAPORE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SOMNOLENCE;

EID: 33645802830     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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