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ayelold t1_jc7szg7 wrote

Reply to comment by estranho in Statins May Decrease Heart Disease in People With Sleep Apnea, according to new study by chrisdh79

It's realistically decreasing your preload because of the positive pressure it generates, not necessarily a bad thing. The word "seems" is super suspect, makes me think they don't have enough data to actually have a finding on it. I'd wait for the followup study before passing it any mind.

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VenomOne t1_jc83njz wrote

It is a study on only 87 people, I reckon hence the vague phrasing.

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ayelold t1_jc84xbs wrote

Well, there's that. But also, it's talking about a compound we see rise in patients that are on ventilators. Both ventilators and CPAP machines are positive pressure devices, so seeing the body respond similarly isn't that surprising.

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