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The association of body mass index values with severity and phenotype of sleep-disordered breathing.
Tuberkuloz ve toraks - 1 Dec 2019
Özdilekcan Çiğdem, Özdemir Tarkan, Türkkanı Mustafa Hamidullah, Sur Halil Yılmaz, Katoue Maram Gamal
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INTRODUCTION: To investigate the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and the severity of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and to determine the BMI cut-off values for sleep-disordered breathing among adult population. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Data from 515 patients were evaluated retrospectively. These included demographic data, BMI, apnea-hypopnea index (AHI), oxygen saturation (SaO2) and oxygen desaturation...
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