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Daytime sleepiness, snoring and gastroesophageal reflux amongst young-adults in 3 european countries
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| Objectives. To study the geographical variation in daytime sleepiness, snoring and disrupted breathing during sleep and to identify and compare risk factors using the same method in four European cities. Design. A cross-sectional, multicentre epidemiological survey. Setting. Reykjavik in Iceland, Uppsala and Goteborg in Sweden and Antwerp in Belgium. Participants. A random population sample of 2202 subjects who participated in the European Community Respiratory Health Survey. Main outcome measures. Sleep disturbances and daytime symptoms. Results. At all the centres, 5% of the men and 2-3% of the women reported snoring every night. Daytime sleepiness (DS) was more often reported in Uppsala [odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval: 1.6 (1.2-2.1)] than in the other centres, whilst daytime tiredness (DT) was most common in Reykjavik [OR 1.8 (1.4-2.1)]. Snoring was positively correlated with age, male gender and body-mass index in all areas. Symptoms of gastro-oesophageal reflux were associated with DS: OR 2.6 (1.5-4.4) and DT: OR 4.5 (2.7-7.6) and disrupted breathing: OR 3.8 (1.4-10), DS and DT were reported more often by women than by men. Conclusion. The prevalence of snoring was about the same in all four areas, whilst there was a geographical variation in daytime sleepiness and tiredness, As complaints of DS and DT and disrupted breathing were more common in subjects who reported symptoms of gastro-oesophageal reflux, we suggest that polysomnographic studies comparing sleep patterns in adult patients with and without reflux should be conducted. |
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English
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Journal of internal medicine. - Newbury Park, Calif., 1989, currens
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Publication
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Newbury Park, Calif.
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1995
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0954-6820
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1365-2796
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DOI
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10.1111/J.1365-2796.1995.TB01176.X
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237
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, p. 277-285
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A1995QL24200008
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