[PDF] Top 20 Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome among obese individuals: A cross-sectional study

... our study, could also explain the snoring and apnea symptoms in these ...of apnea duration, thus acting as a defense mechanism which prevents acid aspiration from being more ... See full document

... independent risk factor for atherosclerosis [39]. Few studies have addressed PON-1 activity in OSA patients. Lavie et al. [38] measured PON-1are activity in patients with OSA plus CVD, patients with OSA without CVD, and ... See full document

... severely obese subjects and 59 nonobese reference subjects and showed that more severe nocturnal hypoxemia, increased systolic blood pressure, and BMI are independently associated with increased left ventricular ... See full document

... OSA syndrome [57] ...preliminary study, the authors moved on to apply a more powerful technique, iTRAQ isobaric tags asso- ciated with MALDI-TOF-TOF, aiming to obtain deeper knowledge and identify ... See full document

... in individuals participating in the São Paulo Epidemiologic Sleep Study, a population-based survey, in which 1042 subjects underwent PSG and were investigated through sleep questionnaires and ... See full document

... a cross-sectional study called Sao Paulo Epidemiologic Sleep Study (EPISONO), a population-based survey, in which 1042 subjects underwent polysomnography and were investigated through ... See full document

... observational, cross-sectional study with high- blood-pressure patients from the outpatient clinic at Faculdade de Medicina do ABC (FMABC), who were treated with either two antihypertensive drugs ... See full document

... with obstructive sleep apnea ...analytic cross- sectional study was carried ...this study, OSA itself did not influence pulmonary function or functional capacity ... See full document

... obese individuals, the higher degree of obesity may contrib- ute to an increased risk of undiagnosed severity ...a cross-sectional study on the prevalence of known and diagnosed OSA at ... See full document

... The results found in the present study show that obese subjects with untreated OSAS presented below-normal lung function, inspiratory muscle strength, and physical capacity. In addition, it was observed ... See full document

... Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a highly prevalent disor- der characterized by recurrent upper airway obstructive epi- sodes, resulting in intermittent hypoxemia and ...moderate-to-severe ... See full document

... of sleep apnea and increased levels of serum uric acid in overweight children and adolescents, independent of abdominal ...fact, obese individuals present a higher incidence of respiratory ... See full document

... ( Table 5 ) a higher proportion of severe cases was found on our study (48.4%), which suggests that OSA patients known in primary health care setting are those with a severe clinical presentation. The legal ... See full document

... (EMG), electrocardiogram (EKG), airway flow (oral and nasal), respiratory effort (thoracic and abdominal), other corporal movements (measured by EMG), blood gases (oxygen saturation) and body temperature. The exams were ... See full document

... Despite its importance, currently the natural history of snoring and OSAS in children is not well established and few studies have been published that evaluated the outcome of these patients without surgical treatment. ... See full document

... Univariate analysis revealed a strong association between the lack of improvement and the following variables: drinking (P ¼ 0 : 159), caffeine ingestion (P ¼ 0 : 206), gastric disease (P ¼ 0 : 058), rheumato- logic ... See full document

... Wisconsin Sleep Cohort Study, estimaram a preva- lência da AOS em indivíduos entre 30 e 70 anos em cerca de 13% em homens e 6% em mulhe- res (IAH ≥ 15 ev/h), e 14% em homens e 5% em mulheres (IAH ≥ 5 ev/h, ... See full document

... in obese individuals with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and the effects of OSA severity on ...Twenty-nine obese men, ...in obese patients with sleep ... See full document

... The Western treatment for OSA includes general measures that include diet therapy and change patient behavior and specific measures that can pass through pharmacological actions, surgical, oral appliances and oral ... See full document

... significantly among different populations [ 10 ...epidemiological study from Finland suggests an incidence of ...a study of 42,500 admissions to a Brazilian hospital specializing in lung diseases, ... See full document