Sex differences in the associations of obstructive sleep apnoea with epidemiological factors

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2018, Pages

  Huang, Tianyi ^a,b   Lin, Brian M ^a,c   Markt, Sarah C ^b   Stampfer, Meir J ^a,b   Laden, Francine ^b   Hu, Frank B ^a,b   Tworoger, Shelley S ^b,d   Redline, Susan ^e  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^d H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; APNEA; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MARRIED PERSON; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; COMORBIDITY; COMPLICATION; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTOR; SOMNOLENCE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEDENTARY BEHAVIOR; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SLEEPINESS;

EID: 85050176355     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.02421-2017     Document Type: Article

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