Usefulness of Truncal Obesity Indices as Predictive Factors for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome
Obesity2008Vol. 16(1), pp. 113–118
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Abstract
Obtaining simple measurements such as those for truncal obesity may help prioritize the use of polysomnography in patients with a greater risk of OSAS. Our results suggest that BMI is not a good predictor of OSAS in a group of patients with a high BMI.
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