The interaction of obstructive sleep apnea and obesity on the inflammatory markers C-reactive protein and interleukin-6: The Icelandic Sleep Apnea Cohort

Sleep

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 921-932

  Arnardottir, Erna S ^a,b,c   Maislin, Greg ^c   Schwab, Richard J ^c   Staley, Bethany ^c   Benediktsdottir, Bryndis ^b   Olafsson, Isleifur ^a,b   Juliusson, Sigurdur ^a   Romer, Micah ^c   Gislason, Thorarinn ^a,b   Pack, Allan I ^b,c  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Interleukin 6; Obesity; Obstructive sleep apnea; Visceral fat

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; ICELAND; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; OXYGEN SATURATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ABDOMINAL FAT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY MASS INDEX; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 84863226146     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: 15509109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5665/sleep.1952     Document Type: Article

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