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ABSTRACT: Background
The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to summarize the association of obstructive
SUBMITTER: Hwu DW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5644098 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hwu Der-Wei DW Lin Kun-Der KD Lin Kun-Chen KC Lee Yau-Jiunn YJ Chang Yu-Hung YH
BMC nephrology 20171016 1
<h4>Background</h4>The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to summarize the association of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) with renal outcome.<h4>Methods</h4>Our study followed the PRISMA guidelines. Two independent reviewers searched for relevant articles in the databases of Pubmed, the Web of Science and CENTRAL, and conducted study selection and quality assessment. A random-effect model was used to estimate the effects.<h4>Results</h4>total of 1240 articles were initially identi ...[more]