Obstructive sleep apnoea and metabolic syndrome in Mediterranean countries

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 717-719

  Zito, A ^a   Steiropoulos, P ^c   Barcelo A ^d   Marrone, O ^b   Esquinas, C ^e   Buttacavoli, M ^a   Barbe F ^f,g   Bonsignore, M R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^c DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SON ESPASES   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^g INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOFIBRATE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; APNEA INDEX; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREECE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ITALY; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SPAIN;

EID: 79953723733     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00120510     Document Type: Letter

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