The impact of weight reduction in the prevention of the progression of obstructive sleep apnea: An explanatory analysis of a 5-year observational follow-up trial

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 329-335

  Tuomilehto, Henri ^a,b   Seppä, Juha ^c   Uusitupa, Matti ^b,c   Peltonen, Markku ^d   Martikainen, Tarja ^c   Sahlman, Johanna ^c   Kokkarinen, Jouko ^c   Randell, Jukka ^c   Pukkila, Matti ^c   Vanninen, Esko ^c   Tuomilehto, Jaakko ^e,f   Gylling, Helena ^c,g  

^a Oivauni Sleep Clinic   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e DANUBE UNIVERSITY KREMS   (Austria)

^f SOUTH OSTROBOTHNIA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Follow up; Long term; Obstructive sleep apnea; Prevention; Progression; Sleep disordered breathing; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; YOUNG ADULT; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; WEIGHT LOSS; WEIGHT REDUCTION PROGRAMS;

EID: 84895456774     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: 18785506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2013.11.786     Document Type: Article

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