Obesity Is Associated With a Lower Resting Oxygen Saturation in the Ambulatory Elderly: Results From the Cardiovascular Health Study

BACKGROUND: The contribution of obesity to hypoxemia has not been reported in a community-based study. Our hypothesis was that increasing obesity would be independently associated with lower S(pO(2)) in an ambulatory elderly population. METHODS: The Cardiovascular Health Study ascertained resting S(...

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Hauptverfasser: Kapur, Vishesh K., Wilsdon, Anthony G., Au, David, Avdalovic, Mark, Enright, Paul, Fan, Vincent S, Hansel, Nadia N., Heckbert, Susan R., Jiang, Rui, Krishnan, Jerry A., Mukamal, Kenneth, Yende, Sachin, Barr, R Graham
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Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: 2013
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3885157/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23107018
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.4187/respcare.02008
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