Gender differences in clinical and polysomnographic features of obstructive sleep apnea: a clinical study of 2827 patients
- 14 February 2017
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Sleep and Breathing
- Vol. 22 (1), 241-249
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11325-017-1482-9
Abstract
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is underdiagnosed in females due to different clinical presentation. We aimed to determine the effect of gender on clinical and polysomnographic features and identify predictors of OSA in women.Keywords
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