Significant Association of Nightly Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Using Time with Weight Change in Japanese Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea-Hypopnea Syndrome
Read full paper at: www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50279#.VDN2pVfHRK0 Author(s) Tsuguo Nishijima 1,2* , Sayaka Ishitoya 2 , Tomomi Mikasa 2 , Tetsuya Kizawa 1,2 , Keisuke Hosokawa 1,2,3 , Susumu Takahashi 1,2,3 , Hiroshi Kagami 2 , Akira Suwabe 3 , Shigeru Sakurai 1 Affiliation(s) 1 Division of Behavioral Sleep Medicine, School of Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Morioka, Japan . 2 Department of Respirology, Hachinohe Red Cross Hospital, Aomori, Japan . 3 Department of Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Morioka, Japan . ABSTRACT Background: Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is one of the representative sleep disorders believed to be associated with metabolic syndro...