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Comment
. 2019 Oct;21(10):1591-1593.
doi: 10.1111/jch.13688. Epub 2019 Sep 18.

Obstructive sleep apnea, hypertension, and obesity: A dangerous triad

Evgeny Belyavskiy  1 , Elisabeth Pieske-Kraigher  1 , Marijana Tadic  1
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Obstructive sleep apnea, hypertension, and obesity: A dangerous triad

Evgeny Belyavskiy et al. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2019 Oct.
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  • Blood pressure response to treatment of obese vs non-obese adults with sleep apnea.
    Kuna ST, Townsend RR, Keenan BT, Maislin D, Gislason T, Benediktsdóttir B, Gudmundsdóttir S, Arnardóttir ES, Sifferman A, Staley B, Pack FM, Guo X, Schwab RJ, Maislin G, Chirinos JA, Pack AI. Kuna ST, et al. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2019 Oct;21(10):1580-1590. doi: 10.1111/jch.13689. Epub 2019 Sep 18. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2019. PMID: 31532580 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.

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