Regional differences in sympathetic activation in lean and obese normotensive individuals with obstructive sleep apnoea

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 383-388

  Grassi, Guido ^a,b   Seravalle, Gino ^c   Brambilla, Gianmaria ^a   Buzzi, Silvia ^a   Volpe, Marco ^a   Cesana, Francesca ^d   Dell'Oro, Raffaella ^a   Mancia, Giuseppe ^a,c  

^a SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b IRCCS MULTIMEDICA   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^d OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

Author keywords

obesity; obstructive sleep apnoea; sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICRONEUROGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE SYMPATHETIC NERVE ACTIVITY; NEUROGRAPHY; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN SYMPATHETIC NERVE ACTIVITY; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; STIMULUS; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLES; OBESITY; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; SKIN; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; THINNESS;

EID: 84893000914     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000000034     Document Type: Article

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