[Characterization of Adult Patients Diagnosed With Sleep Apnea in a Sleep Clinic in the City of Pereira (Colombia)].

Objectives: To characterize adult patients with sleep apnea attending Pereira's sleep apnea clinic between July and August 2011.

Methods: Cross-sectional descriptive study. A personal semi-structured survey was performed, with full medical history, focused on perceived symptoms of mental and non-mental comorbidity.

Results: Fourty-three patients with diagnosis of sleep apnea were evaluated. These were compared with 21 patients without this diagnosis. The social demographic characteristics were similar to that reported in the literature. There were statistical significances for snoring, sleep apnea, corporal mass index, waist/hip index and dyslipidemia. The logistic regression analysis showed sex, Pittsburgh's quality of sleep index and body mass index as predictor variables.

Conclusions: There are clinical and anthropometrics variables that can help the health professionals to suspect a sleep apnea diagnosis in a patient and provide better treatment to decrease its morbidity and mortality.