Body mass index and obstructive sleep apnoea in the UK: A cross-sectional study of the over-50s

Primary Care Respiratory Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 371-376

  Wall, Hannah ^a   Smith, Chris ^b   Hubbard, Richard ^b  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Epidemiology; Primary care; Sleep apnoea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SNORING; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SNORING;

EID: 84870882825     PISSN: 14714418     EISSN: 14751534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4104/pcrj.2012.00053     Document Type: Article

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