Anthropometry in the prediction of sleep disordered breathing in HIV-positive and HIV-negative men
Author(s) -
Todd T. Brown,
Susheel P. Patil,
Lisa P. Jacobson,
Joseph B. Margolick,
Alison M. Laffan,
Rebecca Godfrey,
Jacquett R. Johnson,
Lisette M. Johnson-Hill,
Sandra M. Reynolds,
Alan R. Schwartz,
Philip L. Smith
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
antiviral therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.747
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 2040-2058
pISSN - 1359-6535
DOI - 10.3851/imp1572
Subject(s) - medicine , receiver operating characteristic , odds ratio , body mass index , anthropometry , cohort , waist , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , likelihood ratios in diagnostic testing , immunology
Body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and neck circumference (NC) are important screening tools for sleep disordered breathing (SDB); however, the utility of anthropometry for this purpose has not been evaluated among HIV-positive patients.
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