Journal of Traditional Medicine & Clinical Naturopathy
Open Access

Research Article

Obesity Associated Sleep Apnoea in Men

Nida Tabassum Khan^*

Department of Biotechnology, Balochistan University of Information Technology Engineering and Management Sciences (BUITEMS), Quetta, Pakistan

*Corresponding Author:

Nida Tabassum Khan
Department of Biotechnology
Faculty of Life Sciences and Informatics
Balochistan University of Information Technology Engineering and Management Sciences,(BUITEMS)
Quetta, Pakistan
Tel: +92 3368164903
E-mail: nidatabassumkhan@yahoo.com

Received Date: August 08, 2017; Accepted Date: August 21, 2017; Published Date: August 25, 2017

Citation: Khan NT (2017) Obesity Associated Sleep Apnoea in Men. J Tradit Med Clin Natur 6:235.

Copyright: © 2017 Khan NT. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

It has been reported that individuals with a Body Mass Index (BMI) ≥30 kg/m2 suffers from obstructive sleep Apnoea. Therefore this qualitative study was conducted using a diagnostic tool called as STOP bang with sensitivity of 92.9% and 100%, for detecting incidence of sleep apnoea in individuals. Obtained result revealed that out of 79 obese male individuals, 63 were suffering from sleep apnoea indicating its high prevalence. But due the qualitative nature of this study some clinical parameters were not assessed but still on the basis of our findings we can confidently claim that incidence of sleep apnoea in obese men is high and is worthy of attention

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