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Obesity hypoventilation syndrome in <scp>J</scp>apan and independent determinants of arterial carbon dioxide levels

Yuka Harada, Yuichi Chihara, Masanori Azuma, Kimihiko Murase, Yoshiro Toyama, Chikara Yoshimura, Toru Oga, Hiroshi Nakamura, Michiaki Mishima, Kazuo Chin

Respirology · 2014 · 47 citations · 21 references

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Abstract

The prevalence of OHS in OSA in Japan was 2.3%. The mean BMI of patients with OHS in Japan was lower than that in Western countries (36.7 kg/m(2) vs 44.0 kg/m(2) ).

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