The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 124, Issue 2 , Pages 371-376 , August 2009

Prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea–hypopnea in severe versus moderate asthma

  • Joanne Y. Julien, MD

      Affiliations

    • Meakins-Christie Laboratories, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Respiratory Division, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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  • James G. Martin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Meakins-Christie Laboratories, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Respiratory Division, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Pierre Ernst, MD

      Affiliations

    • Respiratory Division, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Ronald Olivenstein, MD

      Affiliations

    • Meakins-Christie Laboratories, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Respiratory Division, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Qutayba Hamid, MD

      Affiliations

    • Meakins-Christie Laboratories, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Catherine Lemière, MD

      Affiliations

    • Meakins-Christie Laboratories, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Département de Pneumologie, Hôpital Sacre-Coeur, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Carmela Pepe, MD

      Affiliations

    • Meakins-Christie Laboratories, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Respiratory Division, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Naftaly Naor, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Sleep Laboratory, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Allen Olha, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Sleep Laboratory, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • R. John Kimoff, MD

      Affiliations

    • Meakins-Christie Laboratories, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Respiratory Division, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Sleep Laboratory, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: R. John Kimoff, MD, Respiratory Division, Room L4.08, McGill University Health Centre, 687 Pine Ave W, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 1A1.

Received 25 November 2008 ,Revised 9 May 2009 ,Accepted 13 May 2009.

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 Supported by grants from the Richard and Edith Strauss Canada Foundation, McGill University Health Centre Research Institute, and the Fonds de la Recherche en Santé du Québec. J.Y.J. was a recipient of the Ann Woolcock Memorial Fellowship, was supported by GlaxoSmithKline Canada Inc, and is a CHEST Foundation Awardee. R.J.K. was a Clinical Research Scholar of the Fonds de la Recherche en Santé du Québec. Q.H. is a recipient of a Chercheur Nationale award from the Fonds de la Recherche en Santé du Québec.

 Disclosure of potential conflict of interest: P. Ernst is on the advisory board and speakers' bureau for AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, Novartis, Nycomed, and Pfizer and receives grant support from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. R. Olivenstein receives grant support from Novartis and Asthmatx. Catherine Lemière receives grant support from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and the Institut de Recherche Robert-Sauvé en Santé et en Securité du Travail. R. J. Kimoff receives speaker fees from GlaxoSmithKline and VitalAire Inc and receives grant support from the Fonds de la Recherche en Santé du Québec and the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada. The rest of the authors have declared that they have no conflict of interest.

PII: S0091-6749(09)00808-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2009.05.016

The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 124, Issue 2 , Pages 371-376 , August 2009

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