Roles of gender, age, race/ethnicity, and residential socioeconomics in obstructive sleep apnea syndromes

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 568-573

  Ralls, Frank M ^a,c   Grigg Damberger, Madeleine ^b,c  

^a Department of Internal Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

epidemiology; ethnicity race; obstructive sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE;

ABDOMINAL FAT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; BODY MASS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNICITY; GENDER; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MENOPAUSE; NIGHTMARE; OBESITY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84867053909     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: 15316971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCP.0b013e328358be05     Document Type: Review

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