# Virend K. Somers

**Type:** Researchers  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/researchers/virend-k-somers/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Citations | 75,426 |
| Field | Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research |
| h-index | 123 |
| i10-index | 496 |
| Last Known Institution | Mayo Clinic in Arizona |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/A5084645609 |
| ORCID iD | https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4045-4341 |
| Works | 929 |

## Researcher papers

- [Metabolic Syndrome and Risk of Incident Cardiovascular Events and Death](https://scholariq.org/papers/metabolic-syndrome-and-risk-of-incident-cardiovascular-events-and-death/)
- [Sleep Apnea and Cardiovascular Disease](https://scholariq.org/papers/sleep-apnea-and-cardiovascular-disease/)
- [Sleep Apnea](https://scholariq.org/papers/sleep-apnea/)
- [Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Cardiovascular Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association](https://scholariq.org/papers/obstructive-sleep-apnea-and-cardiovascular-disease-a-scientific-statement-from/)
- [National Sleep Foundation's sleep quality recommendations: first report](https://scholariq.org/papers/national-sleep-foundation-s-sleep-quality-recommendations-first-report/)
- [Diagnostic performance of body mass index to identify obesity as defined by body adiposity: a systematic review and meta-analysis](https://scholariq.org/papers/diagnostic-performance-of-body-mass-index-to-identify-obesity-as-defined-by-body/)
- [Global burden of metabolic diseases, 1990–2021](https://scholariq.org/papers/global-burden-of-metabolic-diseases-1990-2021/)
- [The Scoring of Respiratory Events in Sleep: Reliability and Validity](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-scoring-of-respiratory-events-in-sleep-reliability-and-validity/)
- [An international multidisciplinary consensus statement on MAFLD and the risk of CVD](https://scholariq.org/papers/an-international-multidisciplinary-consensus-statement-on-mafld-and-the-risk-of/)

## Researcher topics

- [Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research](https://scholariq.org/topics/obstructive-sleep-apnea-research/)
- [Neuroscience of respiration and sleep](https://scholariq.org/topics/neuroscience-of-respiration-and-sleep/)
- [Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control](https://scholariq.org/topics/heart-rate-variability-and-autonomic-control/)
- [Sleep and related disorders](https://scholariq.org/topics/sleep-and-related-disorders/)
- [Cardiovascular and Diving-Related Complications](https://scholariq.org/topics/cardiovascular-and-diving-related-complications/)

## Researcher university

- [Mayo Clinic in Arizona](https://scholariq.org/institutions/mayo-clinic-in-arizona/)

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Source: ScholarIQ — public research metadata, principally OpenAlex. See https://scholariq.org/sources/ for provenance and https://scholariq.org/methodology/ for what these figures mean.