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Influence of genetic ancestry on the risk of obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome.
The European respiratory journal - 1 Oct 2010
Guindalini C, Colugnati F A B, Pellegrino R, Santos-Silva R, Bittencourt L R A, Tufik S
Abstract excerpt
The aim of the present study was to evaluate the influence of ethnicity on the risk of developing obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) using genomic analysis methods to estimate ancestry. DNA samples were obtained from 1,010 individuals participating in the São Paulo Epidemiologic Sleep Study, who underwent full-night polysomnography. A total of 31 genetic ancestry-informative markers were selected in order...
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