Waist circumference predicts the occurrence of sleep-disordered breathing in obese children and adolescents: A questionnaire-based study

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 357-361

  Carotenuto, Marco ^a   Bruni, Oliviero ^b   Santoro, Nicola ^a   del Giudice, Emanuele Miraglia ^a   Perrone, Laura ^a   Pascotto, Antonio ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Children; Fat distribution; Obesity; Sleep breathing disorders

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALCULATION; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SNORING; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 33646914902     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2006.01.005     Document Type: Article

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