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SUBMITTER: Foster GD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2681024 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Foster Gary D GD Sanders Mark H MH Millman Richard R Zammit Gary G Borradaile Kelley E KE Newman Anne B AB Wadden Thomas A TA Kelley David D Wing Rena R RR Sunyer F Xavier Pi FX Darcey Valerie V Kuna Samuel T ST
Diabetes care 20090311 6
<h4>Objective</h4>To assess the risk factors for the presence and severity of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) among obese patients with type 2 diabetes.<h4>Research design and methods</h4>Unattended polysomnography was performed in 306 participants.<h4>Results</h4>Over 86% of participants had OSA with an apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) >or=5 events/h. The mean AHI was 20.5 +/- 16.8 events/h. A total of 30.5% of the participants had moderate OSA (15 <or= AHI <30), and 22.6% had severe OSA (AHI >or=30). ...[more]