Sleep apnoea severity independently predicts glycaemic health in nondiabetic subjects: the ESADA study
Articles > Article · 2014
Authors: Özen KAÇMAZ BAŞOĞLU, Brian D. Kent, Ludger Grote, Maria R. Bonsignore, Tarja Saaresranta, Johan Verbraecken, Patrick Levy, Pawel Sliwinski, Ruzena Tkacova, John-Arthur Kvamme, Ingo Fietze, Jan Hedner, Walter T. McNicholas
EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, 2014, vol 44, pp 130-139
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00162713
Summary
Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is associated with increased risk of dysglycaemia but the intimate link of these conditions with obesity makes discerning an independent relationship between them challenging. Glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c) levels predict adverse cardiovascular outcomes in nondiabetics but there is a lack of population-level data exploring the relationship of HbA1c with OSA.