Body composition in obstructive sleep apneahypopnea syndrome: Bio-impedance reflects the severity of sleep apnea

Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 44-49

  Lovin, Sînziana ^a,b,c   Bercea, Raluca ^d   Cojocaru, Cristian ^c,d   Rusu, Gianina ^c,d   Mihãescu, Traian ^c,d  

^a Railways Hospital   (Romania)

^b DUNAREA DE JOS UNIVERSITY OF GALATI   (Romania)

^c GRIGORE T POPA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^d Hospital of Pneumology   (Romania)

Author keywords

Body composition; Obesity; Sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WATER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; NECK; OBESITY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ABDOMINAL CIRCUMFERENCE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; BIOELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE ASSAY; IMPEDANCE; NECK CIRCUMFERENCE; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING;

EID: 77952040430     PISSN: 1828695X     EISSN: 20496958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2049-6958-5-1-44     Document Type: Article

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