Effect of Mediterranean diet versus prudent diet combined with physical activity on OSAS: A randomised trial

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1398-1404

  Papandreou, Christopher ^a   Schiza, Sophia E ^b   Bouloukaki, Izolde ^b   Hatzis, Christos M ^a   Kafatos, Anthony G ^a   Siafakas, Nikolaos M ^b   Tzanakis, Nikolaos E ^b,c  

^a Preventive Medicine and Nutrition Clinic ^*  (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Abdominal obesity; Apnoea hypopnoea index; Mediterranean diet; Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome; Physical activity; Rapid eye movement sleep

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REM SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HEIGHT RATIO; WAIST HIP RATIO; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SLEEP, REM; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 84861913437     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00103411     Document Type: Article

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