Obesity and craniofacial structure as risk factors for obstructive sleep apnoea: Impact of ethnicity

Respirology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 213-222

  Sutherland, Kate ^a,b   Lee, Richard W W ^a,b,c,d   Cistulli, Peter A ^a,b  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c GOSFORD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

craniofacial morphology; ethnicity; obesity; obstructive sleep apnoea; phenotyping

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY DYNAMICS; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNICITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

BODY MASS INDEX; CRANIOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84856239296     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2011.02082.x     Document Type: Review

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