A randomized study on the effect of weight loss on obstructive sleep apnea among obese patients with type 2 diabetes: the Sleep AHEAD study.

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Published in Arch Intern Med on September 28, 2009

Authors

Gary D Foster1, Kelley E Borradaile, Mark H Sanders, Richard Millman, Gary Zammit, Anne B Newman, Thomas A Wadden, David Kelley, Rena R Wing, F Xavier Pi-Sunyer, David Reboussin, Samuel T Kuna, Sleep AHEAD Research Group of Look AHEAD Research Group

Author Affiliations

1: Center for Obesity Research and Education, Temple University, 3223 N Broad St, Ste 175, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA. gfoster@temple.edu

Associated clinical trials:

Sleep Apnea in Look AHEAD (Action for Health in Diabetes) | NCT00194259

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