American Thoracic Society
Sleep disordered breathing and obesity: independent effects, causes
Published in Immunotherapy Weekly, February 11th, 2009
In a study that addressed the issue of insulin sensitivity with respect to sleep disordered breathing (SDB), Naresh Punjabi, M.D., Ph.D. sought to examine the relationship between SDB and insulin resistance using the best tools at his disposal to do so.
The results definitively link SDB to pre-diabetic changes in insulin production and glucose metabolism. It was published in the first issue for February of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, published by the American Thoracic Society.
"In the past researchers have used body mass index, or...
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