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ReviewEuropean respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society2022

Bidirectional relationships of comorbidity with obstructive sleep apnoea.

Margaret Gleeson, Walter T McNicholas

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Review in European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 100 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
100citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
20.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

100 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 185 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Epidemiology of obstructive sleep apnea in a Danish rural population - cross-sectional data from the Lolland-Falster Health Study.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026
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  8. Chinese Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Surgical Treatment of Adult Obstructive Sleep Apnea (2024).World journal of otorhinolaryngology - head and neck surgery · 2026
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  11. [Research Advances in Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Lung Cancer Comorbidity].Zhongguo fei ai za zhi = Chinese journal of lung cancer · 2026
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  18. Pericoronary Fat Attenuation Index Mediates the Link Between TyG Index and OSA Risk in Type 2 Diabetes.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2026
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40 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Margaret GleesonSchool of Medicine, University College Dublin, and Dept of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, St. Vincent's Hospital Group, Dublin, Ireland.
Walter T McNicholasSchool of Medicine, University College Dublin, and Dept of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, St. Vincent's Hospital Group, Dublin, Ireland walter.mcnicholas@ucd.ie.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5927-2738
University College Dublin · IE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is frequently associated with comorbidities that include metabolic, cardiovascular, renal, pulmonary and neuropsychiatric. There is considerable evidence that OSA is an independent risk factor for many of these comorbidities but, more recently, there is evidence that some of these comorbidities may predispose to the development of OSA. Thus, there is growing evidence of a bidirectional relationship between OSA and comorbidity, especially for heart failure, metabolic syndrome and stroke. Potential mechanisms of bidirectional relationships differ in individual comorbidities with fluid retention and redistribution being especially important in heart failure and end-stage renal disease, whereas neural mechanisms may be more important in diabetes mellitus and stroke. The evidence for other comorbidities, such as hypertension and atrial fibrillation, support these being more a consequence of OSA with limited evidence to support a bidirectional relationship. The present review explores the evidence for such bidirectional relationships with a particular perspective on comorbidities that may predispose to OSA. The impact of therapy in bidirectional relationships is also reviewed, which highlights the clinical importance of accurate diagnosis. This aspect is especially true of COPD, where the identification of co-existing OSA has important implications for optimum therapy.

Indexed as

Atrial FibrillationHeart FailureSleep Apnea, ObstructiveStrokeComorbidityHumans

Identifiers

PMID35508332
PMCPMC9488957
OpenAlexW4225390766

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