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1 Handedness and Sleep Apnea
Victor Hoffstein, M.D., Charles K. Chan, M.D., F.C.C.P., Arthur S. Slutsky, M.D., F.C.C.P.  CHEST  Volume 103, Issue 6, Pages (June 1993) DOI: /chest Copyright © 1993 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions

2 Figure 1. Percentage of clinic patients who are right-handed, plotted as a function of age, compared to the findings in the sample of 5, 147 subjects in the study by Porac and Coren.12 CHEST  , DOI: ( /chest ) Copyright © 1993 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions

3 Figure 2. Distribution of right- and left-handed patients with sleep apnea among RDI quartiles. Note progressive increase in the percentage of left-handed patients with increasing RDI. CHEST  , DOI: ( /chest ) Copyright © 1993 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions


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