Article
Genome-wide association study reveals two novel risk alleles for incident obstructive sleep apnea in the EPISONO cohort.
Sleep medicine - 1 Feb 2020
Farias Tempaku Priscila, Leite Santoro Marcos, Bittencourt Lia, D'Almeida Vania, Iole Belangero Sintia, Tufik Sergio
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE/BACKGROUND: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a sleep-related breathing disorder that has a complex phenotype. Currently, few genes have been linked with OSA. Thus, the aim of this study was to conduct a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) variation alo...
Topics
- Adult
- Alleles
- Brazil
- Female
- Genome-Wide Association Study
- Humans
- Incidence
- Longitudinal Studies
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Polysomnography
- Prospective Studies
- Proteins
- Sialyltransferases
- Sleep Apnea, Obstructive
- Time Factors
