Population
387 women from a population-based sample
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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May indicate severity-dependent autonomic shifts in women with OSA; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Moderate sleep apnoea in women is associated with increased sympathetic activity, while severe sleep apnoea shows a depressed sympathetic drive during sleep.
Kesek et al. (2009) studied this question.
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