Association between risk of obstructive sleep apnea severity and risk of severe COVID-19 symptoms: insights from salivary and serum cytokines

• Main Authors: Yen Dinh (Author), Abdullah Alawady (Author), Hesham Alhazmi (Author), Khaled Altabtbaei (Author), Marcelo Freire (Author), Mohammad Alghounaim (Author), Sriraman Devarajan (Author), Fahd Al Mulla (Author), Saadoun Bin-Hassan (Author), Hend Alqaderi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2024-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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ObjectivesObstructive sleep apnea (OSA) can adversely affect the immune response through clinical factors such as hypoxia, inflammation, and sleep disturbance. Since SARS-CoV-2 heavily relies on local and systemic host immune responses, this study aims to examine the links between the severity of OS...