ADIPOSE-TISSUE DEPOSITION IN SLEEP-APNEA

Authors
SHELTON KE WOODSON H GAY SB SURATT PM
Citation
Ke. Shelton et al., ADIPOSE-TISSUE DEPOSITION IN SLEEP-APNEA, Sleep, 16(8), 1993, pp. 190000103-190000105
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Behavioral Sciences","Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Sleep → ACNP
ISSN journal
01618105
Volume
16
Issue
8
Year of publication
1993
Supplement
S
Pages
190000103 - 190000105
Database
ISI
SICI code
0161-8105(1993)16:8<190000103:ADIS>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
To determine whether adipose tissue is deposited in the neck adjacent to the upper airway in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), we studied 21 subjects with OSA and nine without OSA using magnetic reso nance imaging with a T-1 weighted spin echo sequence and polysomnograp hy. We observed that patients with OSA had a larger volume of adipose tissue adjacent to their upper airway than did subjects without OSA.