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Obstructive sleep apnoea and risk of stroke and death
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  1. Y Wedatilake
  1. Senior House Officer, Kettering General Hospital, Kettering, UK; yehaniw@hotmail.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/thx.2005.la0188

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    ▴ Yaggi HK, Concato J, Kernan WN, et al. Obstructive sleep apnea as a risk factor for stroke and death. N Engl J Med2005;353:2034–41
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    The effect of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) as a risk factor for stroke and death was investigated in 1022 referrals to the Yale Center for Sleep Medicine. 68% (697 subjects) had OSA as defined by an apnoea-hypopnoea index (AHI) of more than …

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