Obstructive sleep apnea: a cardiometabolic risk in obesity and the metabolic syndrome

LF Drager, SM Togeiro, VY Polotsky… - Journal of the American …, 2013 - jacc.org
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is an underdiagnosed condition characterized by recurrent
episodes of obstruction of the upper airway leading to sleep fragmentation and intermittent …

Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome

P Lévy, M Kohler, WT McNicholas, F Barbé… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2015 - nature.com
Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) is a common clinical condition in which the
throat narrows or collapses repeatedly during sleep, causing obstructive sleep apnoea …

Obstructive sleep apnea: an emerging risk factor for atherosclerosis

LF Drager, VY Polotsky, G Lorenzi-Filho - Chest, 2011 - Elsevier
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is independently associated with death from cardiovascular
diseases, including myocardial infarction and stroke. Myocardial infarction and stroke are …

The impact of obstructive sleep apnea on metabolic and inflammatory markers in consecutive patients with metabolic syndrome

LF Drager, HF Lopes, C Maki-Nunes, IC Trombetta… - PloS one, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Background Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) is tightly linked to some components of
Metabolic Syndrome (MetS). However, most of the evidence evaluated individual …

Sleep apnea and type 2 diabetes

I Muraki, H Wada, T Tanigawa - Journal of diabetes …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of the present review was to clarify the association between obstructive sleep
apnea (OSA) and type 2 diabetes, and discuss the therapeutic role of continuous positive …

Characteristics and predictors of obstructive sleep apnea in patients with systemic hypertension

LF Drager, PR Genta, RP Pedrosa, FB Nerbass… - The American journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a secondary cause of hypertension and independently
associated with target-organ damage in hypertensive patients. However, OSA remains …

The association between preeclampsia and arterial stiffness

A Hausvater, T Giannone, YHG Sandoval… - Journal of …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
A systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted using MEDLINE, EMBASE, and the
Cochrane Library to investigate the association between preeclampsia and arterial stiffness …

Effect of obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome on lipid profile: a meta-regression analysis

R Nadeem, M Singh, M Nida, I Waheed… - Journal of Clinical …, 2014 - jcsm.aasm.org
Background: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is associated with obesity, metabolic syndrome,
and dyslipidemia, which may be related to decrease androgen levels found in OSA patients …

Metabolic consequences of intermittent hypoxia: relevance to obstructive sleep apnea

LF Drager, JC Jun, VY Polotsky - Best practice & research Clinical …, 2010 - Elsevier
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is recurrent obstruction of the upper airway leading to sleep
fragmentation and intermittent hypoxia (IH) during sleep. There is growing evidence from …

Obesity, obstructive sleep apnoea and metabolic syndrome

JCM Lam, JCW Mak, MSM Ip - Respirology, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT OSA is increasingly recognized as a major health problem in developed
countries. Obesity is the most common risk factor in OSA and hence, the prevalence of OSA …