Prevalence and risk factors of obstructive sleep apnea among middle-aged urban Indians: A community-based study

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 913-918

  Reddy, Emmadi V ^a   Kadhiravan, Tamilarasu ^a   Mishra, Hemant K ^a   Sreenivas, Vishnubhatla ^a   Handa, Kumud K ^a   Sinha, Sanjeev ^a   Sharma, Surendra K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Community survey; Indians; Obesity; Obstructive sleep apnea; Polysomnography; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 68749106920     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2008.08.011     Document Type: Article

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