Relationship between Body Fat Distribution and Upper Airway Dynamic Function during Sleep in Adolescents | Zendy

Haibo Yuan | Zendy; Richard J. Schwab | Zendy; Christopher Kim | Zendy; Jiwei He | Zendy; Justine Shults | Zendy; Ruth Bradford | Zendy; Jingtao Huang | Zendy; Carole L. Marcus | Zendy

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Relationship between Body Fat Distribution and Upper Airway Dynamic Function during Sleep in Adolescents

Author(s) -

Haibo Yuan,

Richard J. Schwab,

Christopher Kim,

Jiwei He,

Justine Shults,

Ruth Bradford,

Jingtao Huang,

Carole L. Marcus

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

sleep

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.222

H-Index - 207

eISSN - 1550-9109

pISSN - 0161-8105

DOI - 10.5665/sleep.2886

Subject(s) - airway , sleep (system call) , lung function , medicine , obstructive sleep apnea , audiology , psychology , anesthesia , lung , computer science , operating system

The obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is associated with increased visceral adipose tissue (VAT) in adults; however, few studies have evaluated VAT in relation to upper airway function in adolescents. We hypothesized that increased neck circumference (NC) and VAT would be associated with increased upper airway collapsibility.

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