… severity of sleep apnea in obese patients without a primary sleep complaint and to assess
the sleep patterns of obese patients without apnea and compare them with the sleep patterns …

… decrease daytime hypersomnolence in moderately obese subjects [8]. The aim … sleep in
morbidly obese patients, and to evaluate the effect of weight reduction on the obstructive sleep …

… people who do not demonstrate sleep apnoea and, at the best of our knowledge, the only
study which examined this issue, found that obese people without OSAS (or other sleep-…

… In conclusion, Japanese obstructive sleep apnoea patients have a … patients, and that
the aetiology of obstructive sleep apnoea in obese patients may be different from that in non-obese …

… individuals with higher waist circumference and BMI. We report the prevalence of obstructive
sleep apnea (… among 306 obese patients with type 2 diabetes enrolled in Sleep AHEAD, a …

… Subjects We evaluated a group of 45 obese subjects, 20 females and 25 males, with a
previous diagnosis of OSA (AHI>10) recruited at the sleep laboratory of respiratory disease, …

… between obesity and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is largely explained by variation in neck
size. Fat deposits in the neck may predispose to upper airway (UA) occlusion during sleep …

… In the present study, submental fat collections were observed in all obese subjects. Fat …
during sleep, particularly in the supine sleeping subject. This study demonstrates that more …

… Our metaanalysis confirms that in obese patients without evidence of obstructive airways …
by AHI or the degree of nocturnal hypoxemia); BMI; and the degree of restrictive chest wall …

… The low prevalence of advanced fibrosis was similar to that reported in other series of
patients undergoing obesity surgery. The findings indicate that most obese patients with NAFLD …