Anthropometric and physiologic assessment in sleep XXXX @entity1 regarding body fat distribution.

@entity1 @entity1949 @entity28 @entity27 @entity65 @entity386
BACKGROUND: Obstructive sleep @entity386 is characterised by repeated episodes of pauses in breathing during sleep due to obstruction of the upper airway that result in transient hypoxaemia, @entity1949 and long-term @entity65 . The most common risk factors for @entity27 include: @entity28 , age over 50 and neck circumference of more than 41 cm for females and more than 43 cm in males. Sleep @entity386 is more common in @entity1 than in @entity1 . The aim of the conducted research was to evaluate relations between the anthropometric features connected with adipose tissue distribution and the severity of @entity27 . MATERIAL AND METHODS: The study was carried out on 180 @entity1 (144 males and 36 females) diagnosed with @entity27 ( @entity27 ). The standard sleep parameters obtained from night polisomnography as well as skin-fat fold thickness and neck circumference and waist-to-hip ratio were analysed. Statistical analysis was performed using STATISTICA 10. RESULTS: It was stated that anthropometric parameters connected with the accumulation of adipose tissue in upper body were significantly related to severity of @entity27 in males (P <=0.05). BMI was significantly correlated with severity of @entity27 in females (P <=0.05). CONCLUSIONS: in males, there is a connection between the severity of @entity27 , BMI and a higher accumulation of adipose tissue in upper part of the body measured by neck circumference and shoulder thickness of skin-fat folds, whereas in females only by BMI.
