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SUBMITTER: Kong DL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5481327 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kong De-Lei DL Qin Zheng Z Shen Hui H Jin Hong-Yu HY Wang Wei W Wang Zan-Feng ZF
Scientific reports 20170622 1
This study evaluates the relationship between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and asthma. Literature search was carried out in several electronic databases and random effects meta-analyses were performed to obtain pooled estimates of the prevalence of OSA, OSA risk and sleep disordered breathing (SDB) in asthma patients and pooled odds ratios of the prevalence between asthma and non-asthma patients. In adult asthma patients, the prevalence [95% confidence interval] of OSA, OSA risk, and SDB was 49 ...[more]