Obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome patients with overweight and hypertension in a Japanese workplace

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 117-124

  Okabayashi, Ken ^a,b   Kasahara, Etsuo ^a   Uchiyama, Hiroko ^a   Yokota, Kazuhiko ^a   Togashi, Yuki ^a   Kono, Chiyoko ^a   Yamada, Yoshihito ^a   Amano, Hiroko ^a   Yamaguchi, Tetsuo ^a   Kawamoto, Toshihiro ^b   Fujihara, Hiroaki ^b   Ueta, Yoichi ^b  

^a EAST JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS); Home pulse oximetry; Hypertension; Overweight; Polysomnography; Sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OBESITY; OXIMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SOMNOLENCE; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DISORDERS OF EXCESSIVE SOMNOLENCE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; OXIMETRY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WORKPLACE;

EID: 34247336839     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: 13489585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.49.117     Document Type: Article

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