Woo Hyun Lee1, Jee Hye Wee2, Chae-Seo Rhee2, In-Young Yoon3, Jeong-Whun Kim4. 1. Department of Otolaryngology, National Police Hospital, Seoul, South Korea. 2. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, 300 Gumi-dong, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, 464-707, South Korea. 3. Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, South Korea. 4. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, 300 Gumi-dong, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, 464-707, South Korea. kimemail@naver.com.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Previous studies have shown a relationship between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), a representative marker for inflammation. We aimed to elucidate the possible association between elevated ESR and OSA severity. METHODS: A total of 341 patients who visited a sleep center were retrospectively enrolled. Subjects underwent physical examination, overnight polysomnography (PSG), and blood sampling for ESR and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP). We compared the ESR and hs-CRP level to OSA severity and measured their correlation with other PSG parameters. RESULTS: The ESR was significantly higher in patients with severe OSA (apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) ≥ 30) than those with simple snoring (AHI < 5; P = 0.016), mild OSA (5 ≤ AHI < 15; P = 0.010), and moderate OSA (15 ≤ AHI < 30; P = 0.042). Similarly, the hs-CRP level in patients with severe OSA was significantly higher than that in patients with simple snoring (P = 0.006) and mild OSA (P = 0.013). Multivariate analysis also showed that elevated ESR was associated with moderate and severe OSA (adjusted OR = 2.231 (P = 0.048) and 2.606 (P = 0.002), respectively) after adjusting for sex, age, body mass index, smoking, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and hyperlipidemia. However, elevated hs-CRP was not associated with the OSA severity. CONCLUSIONS: ESR more closely correlated with PSG parameters recorded during sleep hypoxic episodes than hs-CRP. Moreover, the ESR may be useful to predict the OSA severity because moderate and severe OSA were independently associated with an elevated ESR.
PURPOSE: Previous studies have shown a relationship between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), a representative marker for inflammation. We aimed to elucidate the possible association between elevated ESR and OSA severity. METHODS: A total of 341 patients who visited a sleep center were retrospectively enrolled. Subjects underwent physical examination, overnight polysomnography (PSG), and blood sampling for ESR and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP). We compared the ESR and hs-CRP level to OSA severity and measured their correlation with other PSG parameters. RESULTS: The ESR was significantly higher in patients with severe OSA (apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) ≥ 30) than those with simple snoring (AHI < 5; P = 0.016), mild OSA (5 ≤ AHI < 15; P = 0.010), and moderate OSA (15 ≤ AHI < 30; P = 0.042). Similarly, the hs-CRP level in patients with severe OSA was significantly higher than that in patients with simple snoring (P = 0.006) and mild OSA (P = 0.013). Multivariate analysis also showed that elevated ESR was associated with moderate and severe OSA (adjusted OR = 2.231 (P = 0.048) and 2.606 (P = 0.002), respectively) after adjusting for sex, age, body mass index, smoking, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and hyperlipidemia. However, elevated hs-CRP was not associated with the OSA severity. CONCLUSIONS: ESR more closely correlated with PSG parameters recorded during sleep hypoxic episodes than hs-CRP. Moreover, the ESR may be useful to predict the OSA severity because moderate and severe OSA were independently associated with an elevated ESR.
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