A Randomized Study on the Effect of Weight Loss on Obstructive Sleep Apnea Among Obese Patients With Type 2 Diabetes<subtitle>The Sleep AHEAD Study</subtitle><alt-title>Effect of Weight Loss on Obstructive Sleep Apnea</alt-title>
Archives of Internal MedicinePublished 28 September 2009Open access
Gary D. Foster
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At 1 year, more than 3 times as many participants in the ILI group than in the DSE group had total remission of their OSA, and the prevalence of severe OSA among ILI participants was half that of the D SE group.
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Physicians and their patients can expect that weight loss will result in significant and clinically relevant improvements in OSA among obese patients with type 2 diabetes. Trial Registration clinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT00194259.
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