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Overall Obesity Not Abdominal Obesity Has a Causal Relationship with Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Individual Level Data
1 Oct 2023
Abstract excerpt
Objective: Both obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and obesity are highly prevalent worldwide, and are intrinsically linked. Previous studies showed that obesity is one of the major risk factors for OSA, but the causality of the relationship is still unclear. The study was to investigate the causal relationships of overall obesity and abdominal obesity with OSA and its quantitative traits. Methods: In this...
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