RETRACTED: CPAP for the Metabolic Syndrome in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea

K. Sharma, Surendra; Agrawal, Swastik; Damodaran, Deepak; Sreenivas, Vishnubhatla; Kadhiravan, Tamilarasu; Ramakrishnan, Lakshmy; Jagia, Priya; Kumar, Atin

doi:10.1056/nejmoa1103944

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RETRACTED: CPAP for the Metabolic Syndrome in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Dec 14, 2011

Authors:

Surendra K. Sharma

Swastik Agrawal

Deepak Damodaran

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Obstructive sleep apnea is associated with an increased prevalence of the metabolic syndrome and its components. It is unclear whether treatment of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) would modify these outcomes. METHODS: In our double-blind, ...

Subject

Medicine

Obstructive sleep apnea

Continuous positive airway pressure

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