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Obstructive sleep apnea in older adults is a distinctly different physiological phenotype.
Sleep - 1 Jul 2014
Edwards Bradley A, Wellman Andrew, Sands Scott A, Owens Robert L, Eckert Danny J, White David P, Malhotra Atul
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STUDY OBJECTIVES: Current evidence suggests that the pathological mechanisms underlying obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are altered with age. However, previous studies examining individual physiological traits known to contribute to OSA pathogenesis have been assessed in isolation, primarily in healthy individuals. DESIGN: We assessed the four physiological traits responsible for OSA in a group of young and old...
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