Kim, Soriul
Lee, Ki Yeol http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0323-1280
Siddiquee, Ali Tanweer
Kim, Hyeon Jin
Nam, Hye Ryeong
Ko, Chang Seop
Kim, Nan Hee
Shin, Chol
Funding for this research was provided by:
Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2013-E71005-00, 2014-E71003-00, 2015-P71001-00, 2016-E71003-00)
Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (NRF-2020R1I1A1A01071011, NRF-2022R1I1A1A01065700, NRF-2016R1A2B4012155)
Ministry of Health and Welfare (HI20C0469)
Ministry of Education, Science and ICT (NRF-2023R1A2C1007611)
Korea University Ansan Hospital (K2011091)
Seoul Metropolitan Government (BT220014)
Article History
Received: 31 March 2023
Revised: 13 September 2023
Accepted: 3 October 2023
First Online: 14 November 2023
Declarations
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Dr. Chol Shin.
: The authors of this manuscript declare no relationships with any companies, whose products or services may be related to the subject matter of the article.
: Dr. Robert D. Abbott kindly provided statistical advice for this manuscript. In addition, one of the authors has significant statistical expertise (Dr. Siddiquee).
: Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects in this study.
: The study protocol was approved by the institutional ethics committee of the Korea University Ansan Hospital (IRB Nos. 2006AS0045 and 2016AS0043).
: We have previously reported using participants of the Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study []. This prior study dealt with the association between OSA and the presence of subclinical systemic atherosclerosis including tomographic quantification of the calcium burden.1. Kim S, Lee KY, Kim NH, et al Relationship of obstructive sleep apnoea severity and subclinical systemic atherosclerosis. Eur Respir J. 2020;55(2):1900959.
: • prospective• cross-sectional study• performed at one institution