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The Influence of Obesity on Different Genders in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Obesity is considered to be a major contributing factor to obstructive sleep apnea (OSA); however, there is limited evidence with regard to gender predominance. We analyzed 2345 patients (339 females) in correlation with body mass index (BMI) and OSA severity. Male AHIs were significantly higher tha...
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2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4122193/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25126598 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/487215 |
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author | Huang, Kuo-Tung Chin, Chien-Hung Tseng, Chia-Cheng Chang, Huang-Chih Chen, Yung-Che Wang, Chin-Chou Lin, Meng-Chih Lin, Hsin-Ching Su, Mao-Chang |
author_facet | Huang, Kuo-Tung Chin, Chien-Hung Tseng, Chia-Cheng Chang, Huang-Chih Chen, Yung-Che Wang, Chin-Chou Lin, Meng-Chih Lin, Hsin-Ching Su, Mao-Chang |
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description | Obesity is considered to be a major contributing factor to obstructive sleep apnea (OSA); however, there is limited evidence with regard to gender predominance. We analyzed 2345 patients (339 females) in correlation with body mass index (BMI) and OSA severity. Male AHIs were significantly higher than female AHIs in each BMI group. As the BMI increased, the AHI increased in both males and females, and this trend was more obvious in males. For BMI-matched male and female patients with OSA, the severity of OSA was higher in males. As BMI increased, the severity of OSA increased more obviously in males. Our findings suggest that increased body fat contributes to the pathogenesis of OSA more in males than in females and that obesity plays a more significant role in contributing to OSA in male patients. |
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spelling | pubmed-41221932014-08-14 The Influence of Obesity on Different Genders in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Huang, Kuo-Tung Chin, Chien-Hung Tseng, Chia-Cheng Chang, Huang-Chih Chen, Yung-Che Wang, Chin-Chou Lin, Meng-Chih Lin, Hsin-Ching Su, Mao-Chang ScientificWorldJournal Research Article Obesity is considered to be a major contributing factor to obstructive sleep apnea (OSA); however, there is limited evidence with regard to gender predominance. We analyzed 2345 patients (339 females) in correlation with body mass index (BMI) and OSA severity. Male AHIs were significantly higher than female AHIs in each BMI group. As the BMI increased, the AHI increased in both males and females, and this trend was more obvious in males. For BMI-matched male and female patients with OSA, the severity of OSA was higher in males. As BMI increased, the severity of OSA increased more obviously in males. Our findings suggest that increased body fat contributes to the pathogenesis of OSA more in males than in females and that obesity plays a more significant role in contributing to OSA in male patients. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014 2014-07-14 /pmc/articles/PMC4122193/ /pubmed/25126598 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/487215 Text en Copyright © 2014 Kuo-Tung Huang et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Huang, Kuo-Tung Chin, Chien-Hung Tseng, Chia-Cheng Chang, Huang-Chih Chen, Yung-Che Wang, Chin-Chou Lin, Meng-Chih Lin, Hsin-Ching Su, Mao-Chang The Influence of Obesity on Different Genders in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea |
title | The Influence of Obesity on Different Genders in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea |
title_full | The Influence of Obesity on Different Genders in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea |
title_fullStr | The Influence of Obesity on Different Genders in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea |
title_full_unstemmed | The Influence of Obesity on Different Genders in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea |
title_short | The Influence of Obesity on Different Genders in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea |
title_sort | influence of obesity on different genders in patients with obstructive sleep apnea |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4122193/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25126598 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/487215 |
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