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SUBMITTER: Alterki A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7569907 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Alterki Abdulmohsen A Joseph Shibu S Thanaraj Thangavel Alphonse TA Al-Khairi Irina I Cherian Preethi P Channanath Arshad A Sriraman Devarajan D Ebrahim Mahmoud A K MAK Ibrahim Alaaeldin A Tiss Ali A Al-Mulla Fahd F Rahman Anas M Abdel AMA Abubaker Jehad J Abu-Farha Mohamed M
Metabolites 20200901 9
<h4>Background</h4>Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is caused by partial or complete obstruction of the upper airways. Corrective surgeries aim at removing obstructions in the nasopharynx, oropharynx, and hypopharynx. OSA is associated with an increased risk of various metabolic diseases. Our objective was to evaluate the effect of surgery on the plasma metabolome.<h4>Methods</h4>This study included 39 OSA patients who underwent Multilevel Sleep Surgery (MLS). Clinical and anthropometric measures w ...[more]