Gender-specific anthropometric markers of adiposity, metabolic syndrome and visceral adiposity index (VAI) in patients with obstructive sleep apnea

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 13-21

  Mazzuca, Emilia ^a   Battaglia, Salvatore ^a   Marrone, Oreste ^b   Marotta, Anna M ^a   Castrogiovanni, Alessandra ^a   Esquinas, Cristina ^c   Barcelò, Antonia ^d   Barbé, Ferran ^e,f   Bonsignore, Maria R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^c Hospital Santa Maria   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SON ESPASES   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI ARNAU DE VILANOVA   (Spain)

^f INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fat distribution; Receiving operator characteristic curve; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HYPOPNEA INDEX; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NECK CIRCUMFERENCE; OBESITY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; VISCERAL ADIPOSITY INDEX; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

FAT DISTRIBUTION; RECEIVING-OPERATOR CHARACTERISTIC CURVE; WOMEN;

ADIPOSITY; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 84892469920     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: 13652869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jsr.12088     Document Type: Article

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