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Article: SLEEP APNEA ASSOCIATED WITH PREGNANCY-INDUCED DIABETES, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE

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May 23, 2007
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University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey issued the following news release:

A study presented at the American Thoracic Society 2007 International Conference by a UMDNJ researcher found that when the women' s weight was taken into account, sleep apnea was associated with a doubling of the incidence of gestational diabetes and a fourfold increase in the risk of pregnancy-induced hypertension.

The researchers which included Dr. Hatim Youssef, D.O. of UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School analyzed data from all pregnancies associated with sleep apnea, gestational diabetes (women who developed diabetes during pregnancy), and pregnancy-induced high blood pressure nationwide in ...

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