Association Between Sleep Apnea Symptoms Subtypes and Obesity
Mario Henríquez-Beltrán, Daniel Solomons, María F. Troncoso, Montserrat Sánchez Martínez, Jorge Jorquera, Gonzalo Labarca · 2026
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Description
Mario Henríquez-Beltrán and co-authors link obesity to symptom patterns in sleep apnea, in a 2026 study from a Chilean clinic cohort. Sleep apnea, where breathing stalls in sleep, shows up in varied forms: some patients feel very sleepy, some sleep badly, and some feel neither. How body weight maps onto those forms was unclear.
The cohort held 1,167 adults whose apnea was confirmed by home sleep tests. Statistical grouping found three symptom types: not sleepy, disturbed sleep, and very sleepy in the day. Half the patients were obese, and obese patients had worse apnea, higher blood pressure, and more diabetes. After adjusting for other factors, obesity still tied most strongly to the very sleepy type. The team argue that symptom type should sit beside standard severity scores when doctors judge risk.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Mario Henríquez-Beltrán, Daniel Solomons, María F. Troncoso, Montserrat Sánchez Martínez, Jorge Jorquera, Gonzalo Labarca |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 26 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |