Age- and gender-related characteristics of obstructive sleep apnea

Sleep and Breathing

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 453-460

  Gabbay, Itay E ^a   Lavie, Peretz ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Age differences; AHI; Gender differences; Sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ARTICLE; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSOMNIA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; OBESITY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 84861484113     PISSN: 15209512     EISSN: 15221709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11325-011-0523-z     Document Type: Article

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