| Title |
Relationships between Body Fat Distribution, Epicardial Fat and Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Obese Patients with and without Metabolic Syndrome
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, October 2012
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0047059 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Carla Lubrano, Maurizio Saponara, Giuseppe Barbaro, Palma Specchia, Eliana Addessi, Daniela Costantini, Marta Tenuta, Gabriella Di Lorenzo, Giuseppe Genovesi, Lorenzo M. Donini, Andrea Lenzi, Lucio Gnessi |
| Abstract |
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and metabolic syndrome, both closely related to obesity, often coexist in affected individuals; however, body mass index is not an accurate indicator of body fat and thus is not a good predictor of OSA and other comorbidities. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the occurrence of OSA could be associated with an altered body fat distribution and a more evident cardio metabolic risk independently from obesity and metabolic syndrome. |
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| United States | 2 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 50% |
| Members of the public | 1 | 50% |
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| Spain | 2 | 3% |
| Finland | 1 | 1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1% |
| Germany | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 68 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Bachelor | 17 | 23% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 8 | 11% |
| Student > Master | 7 | 10% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 6 | 8% |
| Researcher | 6 | 8% |
| Other | 15 | 21% |
| Unknown | 14 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 37 | 51% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 5% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 4% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 3% |
| Psychology | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 7 | 10% |
| Unknown | 18 | 25% |