aDivision of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina
bDivision of Nephrology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA
cDisciplina de Medicina e Biologia do Sono, Departamento de Psicobiologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
dRenal and Hypertension Division, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
eDivision of Sleep Medicine, Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
fFaculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
gCenter of Sleep Medicine, Charité University Hospital, Berlin, Germany
hDepartment of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards
iWoodcock Institute of Medical Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
jDepartment of Internal Medicine, Taoyuan Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan, Republic of China
kDivision of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA
Correspondence to Ulysses J. Magalang, MD, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, 201 Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, 473 West 12th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA. Tel: +1 614 247 7701; fax: +1 614 293 4799; e-mail: [email protected]
Abbreviations: ABPM, ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; AHI, apnea–hypopnea index; BP, blood pressure; CI, confidence interval; CPAP, continuous positive airway pressure; ESS, Epworth Sleepiness Score; I2, marker for statistical heterogeneity; mmHg, millimeters of mercury; OSA, obstructive sleep apnea; RCT, randomized controlled trial
Received 12 January, 2014
Revised 6 August, 2014
Accepted 6 August, 2014
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