@article{38fc2e3e460f444d93e2a424e756ff3e,
title = "Sleep-disordered breathing, hypertension, and obesity in retired national football league players",
author = "Albuquerque, \{Felipe N.\} and \{Sert Kuniyoshi\}, \{Fatima H.\} and Calvin, \{Andrew D.\} and Justo Sierra-Johnson and Abel Romero-Corral and Francisco Lopez-Jimenez and George, \{Charles F.\} and Rapoport, \{David M.\} and Vogel, \{Robert A.\} and Bijoy Khandheria and Goldman, \{Martin E.\} and Arthur Roberts and Somers, \{Virend K.\}",
note = "Funding Information: Please note: The authors thank Patrick J. Strollo, MD, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, for substantive critical review of the manuscript; Scott Perryman, Daniel Levendowski, and Teimur Yeligulashvili for excellent technical assistance; and Debra Pfeifer for superb secretarial assistance. Dr. Sierra-Johnson is a full-time research scientist for Eli Lilly and Co. Dr. Lopez-Jimenez has been an investigator or coinvestigator on research grants funded by the Select Research . Dr. George is on the medical advisory board of Sleeptech LLC. Dr. Rapoport has received royalties from patents for nasal CPAP from Covidian and Fisher \& Paykel, has received grant support for development of ambulatory monitoring from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and Advanced Brain Monitoring , and has received grant support from Ventus Medical and Restore Medical for alternative treatments for obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome and sleep-disordered breathing. Dr. Vogel has served as Co-Chair of the NFL Subcommittee on Cardiovascular Health. Dr. Roberts has been an investigator on research grants funded by the NFL Players Association , the NFL Players Care Foundation , the ResMed Foundation , the LipoScience Corporation , the Pfizer Corporation , and the CareFusion Corporation . Dr. Somers has served as a consultant for Apnex Medical, ResMed, Boston Scientific, and Cardiac Concepts; and has been an investigator or coinvestigator on research grants funded by the Respironics Foundation , Select Research , and Sorin . Dr. Albuquerque is supported by the American Physiological Society Perkins Memorial Award (FNA) , Dr. Sert Kuniyoshi is supported by American Heart Association grant 09-20069G , Dr. Calvin is supported by the Mayo Clinic Clinician-Investigator Training Program , and Dr. Somers is supported by National Institutes of Health grants R01 HL65176-08 and R21 DK81014 . ",
year = "2010",
month = oct,
day = "19",
doi = "10.1016/j.jacc.2010.03.099",
language = "English",
volume = "56",
pages = "1432--1433",
journal = "Journal of the American College of Cardiology",
issn = "0735-1097",
publisher = "Elsevier Inc.",
number = "17",
}