很多肥胖病人常主诉白天嗜睡和疲劳,即使是没有睡眠呼吸暂停症的肥胖病人也是如此。宾夕法尼亚州立大学医学院的Alexandros N Vgontzas等人进行了一项对照研究,以评价在睡眠实验室中无睡眠呼吸暂停症的肥胖病人在白天是否比正常体重的健康对照者更想睡觉。研究对象包括73例肥胖病人,他们患无睡眠呼吸暂停、上呼吸道阻力综合征或肺换气不足综合征,及45名年龄相匹配的对照者。在睡眠实验室中对所有病人和健康 Many obese patients often complain of daytime sleepiness and fatigue, even in obese patients without sleep apnea. Alexandros N Vgontzas et al. Of the Pennsylvania State University School of Medicine conducted a controlled study to evaluate whether obese patients without sleep apnea in the sleep laboratory may want to sleep more during the day than normal-weight, healthy controls. The subjects included 73 obese patients with sleep apnea, upper respiratory resistance syndrome or hypoventilation syndrome, and 45 age-matched controls. In the sleep laboratory for all patients and health