Sleep-Disordered Breathing is not Associated with the Presence of Retinal Microvascular Abnormalities: The Sleep Heart Health Study | Zendy

Lori L. Boland | Zendy; Eyal Shahar | Zendy; Tien Yin Wong | Zendy; Ronald Klein | Zendy; Naresh M. Punjabi | Zendy; John A. Robbins | Zendy; Anne B. Newman | Zendy

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Sleep-Disordered Breathing is not Associated with the Presence of Retinal Microvascular Abnormalities: The Sleep Heart Health Study

Author(s) -

Lori L. Boland,

Eyal Shahar,

Tien Yin Wong,

Ronald Klein,

Naresh M. Punjabi,

John A. Robbins,

Anne B. Newman

Publication year - 2004

Publication title -

sleep

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.222

H-Index - 207

eISSN - 1550-9109

pISSN - 0161-8105

DOI - 10.1093/sleep/27.3.467

Subject(s) - medicine , sleep apnea , breathing , cardiology , sleep (system call) , retinal , sleep disordered breathing , apnea , sleep and breathing , obstructive sleep apnea , polysomnography , anesthesia , ophthalmology , computer science , operating system

Sleep apnea and milder forms of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) have been associated with overt clinical cardiovascular disease, but it is unknown whether SDB is associated with arterial microvascular pathology. We examined the relation between SDB and retinal microvascular abnormalities.

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