Possibly driven partly by BMI, snoring and sleep apnea were associated with increased risk for hypertension and CAD, according to a Mendelian randomization analysis. “Our results suggested sleep ...

Truck operators with a Body Mass Index of 40 or higher would be flagged for sleep apnea screening if the recommendations are made law. Truckers with a BMI of 33 or higher would also be subject to ...

A nerve-stimulation treatment for obstructive sleep apnea that originally was approved only for people with body mass indexes (BMIs) in the healthy range recently was extended to patients with ...

BMI increased in patients with dysglycemia (weighted mean difference, 0.499), but did not increase among patients without dysglycemia at baseline (weighted mean difference, 0.1; P = .032).