Vitamin D deficiency in patients evaluated for obstructive sleep apnea: is it associated with disease severity?

CONCLUSIONS: A large proportion of patients referred for OSA evaluation had vitamin D deficiency, which was independently associated with severe OSA. However, further research is needed in order to determine the role of vitamin D in OSA patients.
PMID: 32648186 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Sleep and Breathing - July 9, 2020 Category: Sleep Medicine Authors: Bouloukaki I, Tsiligianni I, Mermigkis C, Bonsignore MR, Markakis M, Pataka A, Steiropoulos P, Ermidou C, Alexaki I, Tzanakis N, Schiza S Tags: Sleep Breath Source Type: research