Relación de la obesidad con el desarrollo del Síndrome de Apnea Obstructiva de Sueño en pacientes entre 20 y 65 años de la Clínica del Sueño – OmniHospital en la ciudad de Guayaquil desde julio 2019 a febrero de 2020.

Abstract

Obesity is a highly prevalent chronic disease becoming a substantial public health crisis in the United States and internationally, due to many factors involved in its development such as poor eating habits and sedentary lifestyle. However, the objective of this research was based on the evaluation of the relationship of obesity with the development of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Hypopnea Syndrome (OSAHS). With this last disease, the aim is to demonstrate the relationship in obese patients, from which it was obtained that the central tendency of the body mass index was 32kg / m2, with the rate of obese patients being 53.1%. In addition, it was observed that from 40 years of age there begins to be a relationship with OSAHS in obese patients, also determining its relationship with a statistically significant p = 0.001. A strictly specific relationship was not determined between the Epworth Daytime Sleepiness Scale and obesity grades, but only with obesity.