Enhanced upper-airway muscle responsiveness is a distinct feature of overweight/obese individuals without sleep apnea

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 190, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 930-937

  Sands, Scott A ^a,b   Eckert, Danny J ^a,c   Jordan, Amy S ^a,d   Edwards, Bradley A ^a   Owens, Robert L ^a   Butler, James P ^a   Schwab, Richard J ^e   Loring, Stephen H ^f   Malhotra, Atul ^a,g   White, David P ^a   Wellman, Andrew ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apnea phenotypes; Control of breathing; Mathematical model; Obesity; Upper airway muscles

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIR CONDITIONING; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BREATHING MUSCLE; CHEMORECEPTOR REFLEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NONREM SLEEP; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; WEIGHT CONTROL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPLICATION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHARYNX; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SLEEP STAGE; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PHARYNX; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SLEEP STAGES;

EID: 84921389020     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201404-0783OC     Document Type: Article

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