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Purpose The body mass index (BMI), an estimate of body fat, provides a rather imprecise indication of risk for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). We examined whether other measures, including waist and neck circumferences, provide improved indicators of risk in treatment-naïve OSA subjects. Methods We studied 59 OSA subjects [age, 48.8 ± 10.0 years; BMI, 31.9 ± 6.6 kg/m2; apnea–hypopnea index (AHI),...
Purpose Patient-reported outcomes are important endpoints to evaluate new models of renal delivery. This is the first study to compare Quality of Life (QOL) and emotional adjustment outcomes between patients on community-based hemodialysis (HD) and those on peritoneal dialysis (PD). Methods Data were collected between 2009 and 2011 from a cross-sectional sample of 232 HD patients and 201 PD patients...
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