Gender difference in sleep profile of severely obese patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).
Respir Med
; 99(1): 91-6, 2005 Jan.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
Few papers addressed the gender difference in the polisomnographic features of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). In this paper we investigated the sleep architecture and the nocturnal respiratory pattern in a group of severely obese women with OSA compared with a group of men with OSA matched by age and weight.DESIGN:
A cross-sectional study.SETTING:
Primary-care setting. SUBJECTS, MAIN OUTCOMEMEASURES:
Anthropometric parameters, respiratory function data and a full night polisomnography were evaluated in a group of 45 obese subjects, 20 females and 25 males, with a previous diagnosis of OSA.RESULTS:
The group of the severely obese women with OSA presented greater disturbances of the sleep architecture than the group of the men does (wake time after sleep onset 92.6+/-52.4 vs 58.2+/-45.2 min, P<0.05; total wake time 104.8+/-51.4 vs 67.8+/-47.4, P<0.05; number of awakenings 15.5+/-3.6 vs 10.2+/-6.215, P<0.001; OSA that occurred almost exclusively during REM sleep (REM OSA) 35% vs 4%, P<0.05) and a reduced sleep efficiency (69.6+/-15.9 vs 80.3+/-14.0%, P<0.05).CONCLUSIONS:
Severely obese women with OSA, even with milder OSA, present greater disturbances of the sleep architecture with a more severe sleep disruption and more frequently REM OSA in comparison with men matched by age and weight.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Sueño
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Caracteres Sexuales
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Apnea Obstructiva del Sueño
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Obesidad
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Respir Med
Año:
2005
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Italia