Ethnicity as a risk factor for obstructive sleep apnea: Comparison of Japanese descendants and white males in São Paulo, Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 728-733

  Genta, P R ^a   Marcondes, B F ^a   Danzi, N J ^a   Lorenzi Filho, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Asians; Body mass index; Ethnicity; Japanese; Obesity; Obstructive sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; APNEA; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; CAUCASIAN; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNICITY; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; REM SLEEP; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SYMPTOM;

EID: 52949087949     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0100-879x2008000800015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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