CLINICAL FEATURES AND RESPIRATORY POLYGRAPHY IN PATIENTS WITH OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME
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Objective: Describe and comment on the relationship between some clinical characteristics and spirometry results in patients at high risk of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. Research subjects and methods: Cross-sectional descriptive study on 70 patients examined or inpatients suspected of having obstructive sleep apnea syndrome at National Lung Hospital. Results: 67,1% of patients participating in the study were men, 81,4% were over 40 years old, 54,3% were overweight or obese. There were 78,6% of patients have obstructive sleep apnea. The proportion of patients with moderate or severe obstructive sleep apnea in the overweight and obese group was higher than in the underweight and normal group (40% vs. 70%), a statistically significant difference, p=0.01. Conclude: overweight-obesity were common in patients with moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea.
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: respiratory polygraphy, obstructive sleep apnea
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