Magnitude and Determinants of Patients at Risk of Developing Obstructive Sleep Apnea in a Non-Communicable Disease Clinic.

Conclusions: A considerable proportion of NCD patients with easily detectable attributes are at risk of developing OSA, but still remain undiagnosed at a primary health care setting. The results obtained using MBQ in this study were comparable to studies performed using polysomnography. Dyslipidemia, body mass index and waist circumference were independent risk factors for predicting a risk of developing OSA. Prospective studies are needed to confirm whether a reduction in these risk factors could reduce the risk for OSA. PMID: 31330779 [PubMed - in process]

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Source: Medicina (Kaunas) - July 19, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Mathiyalagen P, Govindasamy V, Rajagopal A, Vasudevan K, Gunasekaran K, Yadav D Tags: Medicina (Kaunas) Source Type: research