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Shelley:<br><br>
I understand your frustration at being eliminated from the study. I was
eliminated for the same reason. However, I urge you to hink about what
you are saying.<br><br>
First, I don't know for a fact that more blind persons are sedentary, we
may be, but we don't have to be.<br><br>
Secondly, I nor you are scientists, so saying the BMI requirement is
"outlandish" is not reasonable. <br><br>
The study is scientific and designed to research very specific
things. While I do not know this, I would guess that more
overweight persons tend to have sleep apnea. That is my anecdotal
evidence at least. It is only logical then for them to want to
eliminate this as a factor or variable when doing the study. They
are trying to figure out certain things, and need to eliminate as many
variables as possible, while doing that, so they don't end up studying
those other variables.<br><br>
Dave<br><br>
\At 12:53 AM 12/7/2011, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""><font size=2>OK, I just wrote to
the email in that message.<br>
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<font size=2>To whom it may concern:<br>
<br>
Last week, I attempted to be part of the non 24 hour sleep study.
After spending two hours listening to and reading the braille consent
form, I then had my weight and hight measured. I was disqualified
because I am 5 ft 5 in tall, and weigh 215 lbs. Thus making my body
mass index 33, or so I was told.<br>
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Would you please consider that your standards are highly outrageous for
this study. I'm sure this sleep disorder is very real. But
you need to consider that most blind people lead a sedentary life
style. Therefore, I think it is unreasonable for you to think you
can find 100 totally blind people who fit the outlandish requirements for
the study.<br>
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IF you could revise the standard a bit, I would love to participate.<br>
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Thank you.<br>
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Shelley Corcoran</font></blockquote></body>
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