Sex differences in obstructive sleep apnea

S Kumar, A Anton… - Clinics in Chest …, 2021 - chestmed.theclinics.com
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) for many years has been thought to be a disease of men, but
research performed more recently has revealed women are at significant risk for OSA as …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of obstructive sleep apnea in female patients in primary care: time for improvement?

I Bouloukaki, I Tsiligianni, S Schiza - Medical Principles and Practice, 2021 - karger.com
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has historically been regarded as a male disease. However,
there are a number of significant gender-related differences in the symptoms, diagnosis, and …

Smoking and sleep apnea duration mediated the sex difference in daytime sleepiness in OSA patients

X Wang, W Li, J Zhou, Z Wei, X Li, J Xu, F Zhang… - Sleep and …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose Daytime sleepiness is a common symptom of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and is
more common in men, but the underlying mechanism remains unclear. The aim of this study …

[PDF][PDF] Automatic Classification of Sleep Apnea Type and Severity using EEG Signals.

M Alimardani, G de Moor - BIODEVICES, 2021 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
Sleep apnea is a potentially fatal disorder that causes frequent breathing pauses during
sleep. Prior research has shown that monitoring of EEG signals during sleep can contribute …

Polysomnographic characteristics of severe obstructive sleep apnea vary significantly between hypertensive and normotensive patients of both genders

T Leppänen, A Kulkas, J Töyräs, S Myllymaa… - Sleep and …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose Hypertension is a common finding in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA),
but it has remained unclear whether or not the amount of disturbed breathing and …

Clinical phenotypes of patients with obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome: a cluster analysis

Z Zhu, KD Guo, YH Wu, R Chen - Chinese Medical Journal, 2021 - mednexus.org
To the Editor: Obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) is a common sleep-
disordered breathing disease with a range of harmful sequelae. As a syndrome related to …