Prediction of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in a large Greek population

Sleep and Breathing

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 657-664

  Bouloukaki, Izolde ^a   Kapsimalis, Fotis ^c   Mermigkis, Charalampos ^b,c   Kryger, Meir ^d   Tzanakis, Nikos ^a   Panagou, Panagiotis ^c   Moniaki, Violeta ^a   Vlachaki, Eleni M ^a   Varouchakis, Georgios ^c   Siafakas, Nikolaos M ^a   Schiza, Sophia E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b 401 GENERAL MILITARY HOSPITAL OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c HENRY DUNANT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d Gaylord Hospital Wallingford   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropometric data; Apnea hypopnea index; Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome; Prediction formula

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; GENDER; GREECE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; NECK CIRCUMFERENCE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SMOKING; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 84859400121     PISSN: 15209512     EISSN: 15221709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11325-010-0416-6     Document Type: Article

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