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Higher BMI was associated with a different airway shape, including larger minimum anteroposterior distance and smaller minimum lateral distance.
Understanding the changes in airway shape with BMI can help tailor OSA treatment strategies.
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Higher BMI was associated with a different airway shape, including larger minimum anteroposterior distance at both the retropalatal and retroglossal regions and smaller minimum lateral distance in the retropalatal region.
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The Relationship between Upper Airway Anatomy and Obesity in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Liyue Xu et al. · Annals of the American Thoracic Society · 2025
DOI 10.1513/annalsats.202410-1027oc
cross-sectional · n=583Cited 7×
Read the paper DOI resolved against Crossref · corpus check 2026-06-10
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