title: [The relationship between abdominal fat volume and obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome in obesity people].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the relationship between abdominal fat volume and obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome in obesity people.
  
  
  METHODS
  From July 2009 to July 2010, 50 patients with BMI > 25 were prospectively selected for study from the patients who complained of snoring in the Respiratory department. The patients were divided into OSAHS group and non-OSAHS group according to the result of sleep apnea monitoring. All the patients also received full abdominal CT and the whole abdominal fat volume was measured by 3-D CT reconstruction system. SPSS 13.0 was used for statistical analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The whole abdominal fat volume in the two groups was analyzed by T- test, which was significantly different between the two groups (P < 0.01). It showed that there was a statistical relationship between OSAHS and abdominal fat in obesity people.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In obesity people, OSAHS has a close relationship with abdominal fat volume. The abdominal fat volume is markedly higher in OSAHS patients than that in non-OSAHS people.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, Beijing Chaoyang Hospiatal of Capital Medical University, Beijing 100020, China.
authors.forename: Ju-Feng
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Wei-Wei
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Yi-Han
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: Yan-Kun
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Wei-Gang
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hou
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lv
authors.forename: Lu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Ring
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D050153:Abdominal Fat / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011859:Radiography; D020181:Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / Q000453:epidemiology*