Clinical, anthropometric and upper airway anatomic characteristics of obese patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

Respiration

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 517-524

  Hora, Francisco ^a   Nápolis, Lara Maris ^c   Daltro, Carla ^b   Kodaira, Sérgio Keidi ^c   Tufik, Sérgio ^c   Togeiro, Sônia Maria ^c   Nery, Luiz Eduardo ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b ESCOLA BAHIANA DE MEDICINA E SAÚDE PÚBLICA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Obesity; Obstructive sleep apnea; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 34547623735     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000097790     Document Type: Article

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