Obesity and Diabetes
Reports from Afyon Kocatepe University describe recent advances in obesity and diabetes
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, November 5th, 2007
"In this study of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), glucose tolerance and liver steatosis in females from an obesity unit, 45 patients (mean age 46.8 years, mean body mass index 39.4 kg/m(2), all nondiabetic and alcohol abstainers) underwent nocturnal polysomnography, a 2 h oral glucose tolerance test and abdominal ultrasonography. OSA, defined as an apnoea-hypopnoea index (AHI) of >= 10 events/h, was present in 20 patients (44%)," scientists in Afyon, Turkey report.
"Impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) was found in eight patients (40%) with OSA and three patients (12%) without OSA; there was a positive linear relationship between AHI and post-load glucose levels. On...
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