The prevalence of obstructive sleep apnoea in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

CONCLUSIONS: Future studies need to examine the true prevalence of OSA in a more representative sample of women with PCOS. Nevertheless, our results suggest that the prevalence of OSA in women with PCOS and obesity is high and clinicians should have a high index of suspicion of OSA in these women.
PMID: 31111411 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Sleep and Breathing - May 19, 2019 Category: Sleep Medicine Authors: Kahal H, Kyrou I, Uthman OA, Brown A, Johnson S, Wall PDH, Metcalfe A, Parr DG, Tahrani AA, Randeva HS Tags: Sleep Breath Source Type: research