Differences in craniofacial structures and obesity in Caucasian and Chinese patients with obstructive sleep apnea

Sleep

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1075-1080

  Lee, Richard W W ^a,b,c   Vasudavan, Sivabalan ^c   Hui, David S ^d   Prvan, Tania ^e   Petocz, Peter ^e   Darendeliler, M Ali ^c   Cistulli, Peter A ^a,b,c  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b WOOLCOCK INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Craniofacial; Ethnicity; Obesity; Obstructive sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CEPHALOMETRY; CHINESE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; OBESITY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL BASE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AUSTRALIA; COMPLICATION; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; HONG KONG; MIDDLE AGED; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS INDEX; CEPHALOMETRY; CRANIOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 77955618052     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: 15509109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sleep/33.8.1075     Document Type: Article

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