This article is a study which establishes an association between higher neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) levels and cystatin C levels and the presence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). NGAL and cystatin C are markers of latent kidney disease so OSA is related to the pathogenesis of chronic kidney disease

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Voulgaris, Athanasios, Kostas Archontogeorgis, Evangelia Nena, Christina Tsigalou, Maria Xanthoudaki, Maria Kouratzi, Grigorios Tripsianis, Marios Froudarakis, Paschalis Steiropoulos. “Serum levels of NGAL and Cystatin C as Markers of Early Kidney Dysfunction in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome." Sleep and Breathing 23, no. 1 (2019): 161-169. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11325-018-1677-8.

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