Open AccessA comparative study on the clinical and polysomnographic pattern of obstructive sleep apnea among obese and non-obese subjects
Author(s) -
Rajiv Garg,
Abhijeet Singh,
Rajendra Prasad,
S Saheer,
P Jabeed,
Rahul Verma
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
annals of thoracic medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.639
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1817-1737
pISSN - 1998-3557
DOI - 10.4103/1817-1737.91561
Subject(s) - medicine , obstructive sleep apnea , body mass index , obesity , polysomnography , sleep apnea , apnea
This study was designed to compare the pattern of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) among obese and nonobese subjects regarding clinical and polysomnographic data obtained for a polysomnographic study.