A mediation model linking body weight, cognition, and sleep-disordered breathing

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 199-205

  Spruyt, Karen ^a   Gozal, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; Cognition; Sleep disordered breathing; Verbal abilities; Weight

Indexed keywords

APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIATOR; MENTAL FUNCTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

ALGORITHMS; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OBESITY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SCHOOLS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES;

EID: 84855998636     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201104-0721OC     Document Type: Article

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