Open AccessEvening–Morning Differences in Blood Pressure in Sleep Apnea Syndrome: Effect of Gender
Author(s) -
Karen LavieNevo,
Giora Pillar
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
american journal of hypertension
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1941-7225
pISSN - 0895-7061
DOI - 10.1016/j.amjhyper.2006.02.018
Subject(s) - medicine , evening , morning , blood pressure , obstructive sleep apnea , sleep apnea , apnea , sleep (system call) , cardiology , physics , astronomy , computer science , operating system
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is associated with hypertension. In the current study we sought to determine whether the evening-morning differences in blood pressure (BP) would correlate with the severity of OSA and whether there are gender-related differences.
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