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Risk factors for sleep-disordered breathing in pregnancy
  1. Karen Redhead1,
  2. Peter Eastwood1,2,
  3. Christopher Griffin3
  1. 1 Centre for Sleep Science, School of Anatomy, Physiology & Human Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
  2. 2 West Australian Sleep Disorders Research Institute, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia
  3. 3 King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women, Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia
  1. Correspondence to Karen Redhead, Centre for Sleep Science, School of Anatomy, Physiology & Human Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6024, Australia; Karen.redhead{at}research.uwa.edu.au

https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2014-205485

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    The stimulating paper of Pien et al 1 reported the findings of a prospective cohort study of pregnant women examining risk factors for sleep-disordered breathing (SDB). It was notable that, despite a marked increase in the number of women with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) from the first to third trimester (from 10.5% to 26.7%, respectively), there were no significant associations between any SDB variable and development of gestational hypertension or preeclampsia …

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    • Contributors KR, PE and CG had the idea for the article. The literature search was performed by KR and the article was written by KR and PE. KR and PE are guarantors.

    • Funding PE is supported by a National Health & Medical Research Council (Australia) Senior Research Fellowship No. 513704.

    • Competing interests None.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.

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