Global burden of sleep‐disordered breathing and its implications

MM Lyons, NY Bhatt, AI Pack, UJ Magalang - Respirology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
One‐seventh of the world's adult population, or approximately one billion people, are
estimated to have OSA. Over the past four decades, obesity, the main risk factor for OSA, has …

Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome

P Lévy, M Kohler, WT McNicholas, F Barbé… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2015 - nature.com
Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) is a common clinical condition in which the
throat narrows or collapses repeatedly during sleep, causing obstructive sleep apnoea …

Racial/ethnic differences in sleep disturbances: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)

X Chen, R Wang, P Zee, PL Lutsey, S Javaheri… - Sleep, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Objectives: There is limited research on racial/ethnic variation in sleep disturbances. This
study aimed to quantify the distributions of objectively measured sleep disordered breathing …

Exploring sex and gender differences in sleep health: a Society for Women's Health Research Report

MP Mallampalli, CL Carter - Journal of women's health, 2014 - liebertpub.com
Previous attempts have been made to address sleep disorders in women; however,
significant knowledge gaps in research and a lack of awareness among the research …

[HTML][HTML] Sleep disturbances in adults with eczema are associated with impaired overall health: a US population-based study

JI Silverberg, NK Garg, AS Paller, AB Fishbein… - Journal of Investigative …, 2015 - Elsevier
Sleep disturbances are associated with poor health outcomes in adults. However, little is
known about the sleep disturbances that occur in adult eczema. We studied the association …

Sleep as a potential fundamental contributor to disparities in cardiovascular health

CL Jackson, S Redline… - Annual review of public …, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Optimal sleep is integral to health but is commonly not obtained. Despite its wide-ranging
public health impact, sleep health is considered only rarely by policy makers, employers …

Alternative scoring models of STOP-bang questionnaire improve specificity to detect undiagnosed obstructive sleep apnea

F Chung, Y Yang, R Brown, P Liao - Journal of Clinical Sleep …, 2014 - jcsm.aasm.org
Background: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is common among surgical patients. The STOP-
Bang questionnaire is a validated screening tool with a high sensitivity. However, its …

Gender differences in clinical and polysomnographic features of obstructive sleep apnea: a clinical study of 2827 patients

OK Basoglu, MS Tasbakan - Sleep and Breathing, 2018 - Springer
Purpose Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is underdiagnosed in females due to different
clinical presentation. We aimed to determine the effect of gender on clinical and …

Sleep apnea and cancer: analysis of a nationwide population sample

D Gozal, SA Ham, B Mokhlesi - sleep, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Study Objectives: Epidemiological evidence from relatively small cohorts suggests
that obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is associated with higher cancer incidence and mortality …

Adenotonsillectomy complications: a meta-analysis

G De Luca Canto, C Pachêco-Pereira, S Aydinoz… - …, 2015 - publications.aap.org
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Complications after adenotonsillectomy (AT) in children
have been extensively studied, but differences between children with and without …