Gender differences in the clinical manifestation of obstructive sleep apnea

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1075-1084

  Ye, Lichuan ^a   Pien, Grace W ^b   Weaver, Terri E ^b,c  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical manifestation; Functional status; Gender differences; Obstructive sleep apnea; Symptom presentation; Therapeutic management

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSOMNIA; MALE; MENOPAUSE; OBESITY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; COMORBIDITY; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 70350782182     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2009.02.006     Document Type: Review

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