Sex differences in the association between obstructive sleep apnea and hypertension-what's next?

Irene Cano-Pumarega^{1

2}, Ferrán Barbé^{2

3}, Joaquín Durán-Cantolla^{2

4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Respiratory Department, University Hospital of Getafe, Madrid, Spain.
² Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), ISCIII, Madrid, Spain.
³ Respiratory Department, IRBLleida, Lleida, Spain.
⁴ Research Department, OSI Araba University Hospital, Vitoria, Spain.
⁵ Universidad del País Vasco, Vitoria, Spain.

Comment

Irene Cano-Pumarega et al. J Thorac Dis. 2017 Dec.

. 2017 Dec;9(12):E1156-E1157.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2017.11.99.

Irene Cano-Pumarega^{1

2}, Ferrán Barbé^{2

3}, Joaquín Durán-Cantolla^{2

4

5}

¹ Respiratory Department, University Hospital of Getafe, Madrid, Spain.
² Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), ISCIII, Madrid, Spain.
³ Respiratory Department, IRBLleida, Lleida, Spain.
⁴ Research Department, OSI Araba University Hospital, Vitoria, Spain.
⁵ Universidad del País Vasco, Vitoria, Spain.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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