Effects of age on the clinical features of men with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

Respiration

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-29

  Chung, Seockhoon ^a   Yoon, In Young ^b,c   Lee, Chul Hee ^c   Kim, Jeong Whun ^c  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Department of Neuropsychiatry ^*  (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Elderly adults; Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SYMPTOM; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67749146986     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000218143     Document Type: Article

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