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Shared genetic risk factors for obstructive sleep apnea and obesity.
Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) - 1 Oct 2005
Patel Sanjay R
Abstract excerpt
Both obesity and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are complex disorders with multiple risk factors, which interact in a complicated fashion to determine the overall phenotype. In addition to environmental risk factors, each disorder has a strong genetic basis that is likely due to the summation of small to moderate effects from a large number of genetic loci. Obesity is a strong risk factor for sleep apnea, and...
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