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Abdominal adiposity and obstructive airway disease: testing insulin resistance and sleep disordered breathing mechanisms

BACKGROUND: This study examined associations of abdominal adiposity with lung function, asthma symptoms and current doctor-diagnosed asthma and mediation by insulin resistance (IR) and sleep disordered breathing (SDB). METHODS: A random sample of 2500 households was drawn from the community of Whyal...

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Autores principales: Haren, Matthew T, Misan, Gary, Paterson, Tracey-Jayne, Ruffin, Richard E, Grant, Janet F, Buckley, Jonathan D, Howe, Peter RC, Newbury, Jonathan, Taylor, Anne W, McDermott, Robyn A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3544645/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22742416
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2466-12-31