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Obstructive sleep apnoea in patients with type 2 diabetes
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  1. Emer Kelly,
  2. Garret Cullen,
  3. Colm McGurk
  1. St Luke’s Hospital, Kilkenny, Ireland
  1. Correspondence to:
    Dr Emer Kelly
    Department of Medicine RCSI, Smurfit Building, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, Ireland; emerkelly{at}rcsi.ie

https://doi.org/10.1136/thx.2006.074955

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    An increased body mass index (BMI) is a risk factor for type 2 diabetes mellitus and obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA). The question whether this is just a shared risk factor or whether there is a deeper relationship has been addressed by West et al1 who used an initial screening Berlin questionnaire followed by overnight oximetry in selected respondents. …

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