TY - JOUR T1 - Sleep apnoea and post-stroke vascular events: is it only due to poor continuous positive airway pressure use? JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J SP - 514 LP - 514 DO - 10.1183/09031936.00072912 VL - 40 IS - 2 AU - Miguel Ángel Martínez-García Y1 - 2012/08/01 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/40/2/514.abstract N2 - From the authors:We wish to thank A.E. Mirrakhimov for his interest in our article [1] and his comments on it.With respect to these comments, we would like to raise a few points. It is important to note that we realise that this is an observational study and, as such, subject to the methodological limitations intrinsic to this type of study. It would obviously be desirable to adjust the results for many other variables that were not included in this study: the use of statins, hypotensive treatment and changes in all the cardiovascular risk factors analysed over the course of the study; and not just these variables, but also many others related to the … ER -