阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停的临床和多睡眠学特征中的性别差异:土耳其睡眠暂停数据库 (TURKAPNE) 队列数据库

Aylin Pihtili1, Esen Kiyan1, Baran Balcan2

  • 1Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Istanbul University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye.

Sleep medicine
|December 25, 2024
PubMed
概括

患有阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停 (OSA) 的女性比男性表现出更多的症状和健康问题,即使她们的呼吸暂停-呼吸暂停指数 (AHI) 得分不那么严重. 这项大型研究强调了OSA表现和并发性病的显著性别差异.

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