BACKGROUND: Visceral obesity, low adiponectin, and severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are associated with cardiovascular diseases, but the interactions among these factors on endothelial dysfunction are not well known. METHODS AND RESULTS: Endothelial function in 133 patients after polysomnography was evaluated as reactive hyperemia index (RHI) on reactive hyperemia peripheral arterial tonometry. Visceral obesity was defined as visceral fat area ≥100 cm(2)on computed tomography. RHI was significantly correlated with apnea hypopnea index (AHI), visceral fat area, and serum adiponectin (r=-0.24, P=0.0055, r=-0.19, P=0.031, and r=0.20, P=0.019, respectively). RHI in patients with visceral obesity was significantly decreased in the presence of severe OSA (AHI ≥30; P=0.042). On multivariate regression analysis, only severe OSA remained as an independent predictive factor of RHI (P=0.024, R(2)=5.4%). RHI in patients with severe OSA (n=44) was significantly improved after 3 months of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment (1.78±0.40 before CPAP vs. 2.00±0.53 after CPAP, P=0.013), similarly to those with AHI <30 (P=0.45). CONCLUSIONS: Severe OSA, but not visceral fat area or serum adiponectin, was independently associated with endothelial function according to RHI. In addition, impaired endothelial function was reversible following 3 months of CPAP treatment.
BACKGROUND:Visceral obesity, low adiponectin, and severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are associated with cardiovascular diseases, but the interactions among these factors on endothelial dysfunction are not well known. METHODS AND RESULTS: Endothelial function in 133 patients after polysomnography was evaluated as reactive hyperemia index (RHI) on reactive hyperemia peripheral arterial tonometry. Visceral obesity was defined as visceral fat area ≥100 cm(2)on computed tomography. RHI was significantly correlated with apnea hypopnea index (AHI), visceral fat area, and serum adiponectin (r=-0.24, P=0.0055, r=-0.19, P=0.031, and r=0.20, P=0.019, respectively). RHI in patients with visceral obesity was significantly decreased in the presence of severe OSA (AHI ≥30; P=0.042). On multivariate regression analysis, only severe OSA remained as an independent predictive factor of RHI (P=0.024, R(2)=5.4%). RHI in patients with severe OSA (n=44) was significantly improved after 3 months of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment (1.78±0.40 before CPAP vs. 2.00±0.53 after CPAP, P=0.013), similarly to those with AHI <30 (P=0.45). CONCLUSIONS: Severe OSA, but not visceral fat area or serum adiponectin, was independently associated with endothelial function according to RHI. In addition, impaired endothelial function was reversible following 3 months of CPAP treatment.
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