BMI is an independent risk factor for snoring in Chinese women aged over 30 years

Sleep and Breathing

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 289-293

  Li, Qing Yun ^a   Huang Shao Guang, S G ^a   Li, Min ^a   Liu, Jia Lin ^a   Wan, Huan Ying ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Chinese women; Menopause; Risk factor; Snoring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SNORING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SNORING;

EID: 67649641948     PISSN: 15209512     EISSN: 15221709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11325-008-0236-0     Document Type: Article

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