Gender-specific differences in a patient population with obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome

Gender Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 329-338

  Wahner Roedler, Dietlind L ^a   Olson, Eric J ^a   Narayanan, Sujata ^a   Sood, Richa ^a   Hanson, Andrew C ^a   Loehrer, Laura L ^a   Sood, Amit ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

gender; polysomnography; sex; sleep apnea; sleep hypopnea; surveys

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; HYDROCODONE; LORAZEPAM; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; PARACETAMOL; TRAZODONE; ZALEPLON; ZOLPIDEM;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; NIGHT SWEAT; OBESITY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SNORING;

EID: 38349181292     PISSN: 15508579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1550-8579(07)80062-3     Document Type: Article

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