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Bilgay Izci Balserak

Associate professor, UIC
Verified email at uic.edu
Cited by 2564

Sleep-disordered breathing and pregnancy: potential mechanisms and evidence for maternal and fetal morbidity

B Izci-Balserak, GW Pien - Current opinion in pulmonary medicine, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Sleep-disordered breathing and adverse maternal–fetal outcomes such as preeclampsia
and gestational diabetes share a number of mechanistic pathways, and growing data in …

Sleep duration versus sleep insufficiency as predictors of cardiometabolic health outcomes

NG Altman, B Izci-Balserak, E Schopfer, N Jackson… - Sleep medicine, 2012 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: The objective of the present study was to investigate the relationship between
sleep insufficiency and sleep duration, particularly regarding negative cardiometabolic …

The relationship and potential mechanistic pathways between sleep disturbances and maternal hyperglycemia

B Izci-Balserak, GW Pien - Current diabetes reports, 2014 - Springer
This paper reviews recent work investigating the influence of sleep disturbances on maternal
hyperglycemia, particularly gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). The incidence and …

[HTML][HTML] Social and behavioral determinants of perceived insufficient sleep

MA Grandner, NJ Jackson, B Izci-Balserak… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Insufficient sleep is associated with cardiometabolic disease and poor health. However, few
studies have assessed its determinants in a nationally representative sample. Data from the …

Infant feeding type and maternal sleep during the postpartum period: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

…, C Park, TL Hernandez, B Izci Balserak - Journal of sleep …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
… Bilgay Izci Balserak supervised Manassawee Srimoragot, conducted the initial assessment
of the search results, guided the revision, and encouraged Manassawee Srimoragot with this …

Changes in sleep characteristics and breathing parameters during sleep in early and late pregnancy

B Izci-Balserak, BT Keenan, C Corbitt… - Journal of Clinical …, 2018 - jcsm.aasm.org
Study Objectives: Few studies have objectively evaluated sleep characteristics during
pregnancy or investigated the relationship between altered spectral electroencephalogram (EEG) …

Sleep-disordered breathing and daytime napping are associated with maternal hyperglycemia

B Izci Balserak, N Jackson, SA Ratcliffe, AI Pack… - Sleep and …, 2013 - Springer
Objectives Sleep disturbances in pregnancy may impair glucose mechanism. This study aimed
to examine associations of sleep-disordered breathing, sleep, and nap duration with 1-h …

A screening algorithm for obstructive sleep apnea in pregnancy

B Izci-Balserak, B Zhu, I Gurubhagavatula… - Annals of the …, 2019 - atsjournals.org
… Jon Balserak for editing the manuscript. They also thank Dr. Greg Maislin for providing helpful
consultation in choosing the names/acronyms of the Multivariable Apnea Prediction Index. …

Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Chinese version of the sleep health index

…, KL Knutson, D Zhu, B Izci-Balserak, Y Wu, B Zhu - Sleep Health, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective To generate the Chinese Sleep Health Index (SHI-C) in Mandarin with cross-cultural
adaptations and test its psychometric properties. Methods This study used a cross-…

Obstructive sleep apnea is associated with newly diagnosed gestational diabetes mellitus

B Izci Balserak, GW Pien, B Prasad… - Annals of the …, 2020 - atsjournals.org
… Jon Balserak for editing the manuscript. … Correspondence and requests for reprints should
be addressed to Bilgay Izci Balserak, Ph.D., Department of Biobehavioral Health Sciences, …