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From: Obesity attenuates the effect of sleep apnea on active TGF-ß1 levels and tumor aggressiveness in patients with melanoma

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Box-and-whisker plots depicting the distribution of: (A) serum levels of active TGF-β1; and (B) leptin, in cutaneous melanoma patients according to their apnea–hypopnea index. Data are presented as median (interquartile range), maximum and minimum values, and overall comparisons were performed using the Kruskal–Wallis test. #p-values corresponding to the post hoc comparisons between groups adjusted for sex, age, body mass index and neck circumference. OSA obstructive sleep apnea.

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