Prevalence and risk factors for sleep disordered breathing in a Puerto Rican middle-aged population

Sleep and Breathing

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 175-180

  Blondet, Maximo ^a   Yapor, Pedro ^b   Latalladi Ortega, Graciela ^c   Alicea, Edwin ^c   Torres Palacios, Alfonso ^c   Rodríguez Cintrón, William ^c,d  

^a Doctors Center Hospital   (Puerto Rico)

^b Doctor's Hospital   (Puerto Rico)

^c VA Caribbean Healthcare System Puerto Rico   (Puerto Rico)

^d VA MEDICAL CENTER   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Apnea hypoapnea index (AHI); Berlin Questionnaire (BQ); Body mass index (BMI); Excessive daytime somnolence; Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA); Polysomnogram; Sleep disordered breathing (SDB)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERTO RICO; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PUERTO RICO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 64149093259     PISSN: 15209512     EISSN: 15221709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11325-008-0216-4     Document Type: Article

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