scholarly journals Long-term effect of continuous positive airway pressure therapy on blood pressure in patients with obstructive sleep apnea

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryutaro Shirahama ◽  
Takeshi Tanigawa ◽  
Yoshifumi Ida ◽  
Kento Fukuhisa ◽  
Rika Tanaka ◽  
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AbstractObstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common cause of hypertension. Previous studies have demonstrated beneficial short-term effects of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy on blood pressure. However, long-term antihypertensive effects of CPAP have not been properly verified. This study examined the longitudinal effect of CPAP therapy adherence on blood pressure among OSA patients. All patients diagnosed with OSA and undergoing subsequent CPAP therapy at a Kanagawa-area sleep clinic were clinically followed for 24 months to examine CPAP adherence, as well as longitudinal changes in blood pressure and body weight because it may become a confound factor for changes in blood pressure. The hours of CPAP usage were collected over the course of 30 nights prior to each follow-up visit (1st, 3rd, 6th, 12th, and 24th month). The relationship between CPAP adherence and blood pressure was analyzed using mixed-effect logistic regression models. A total of 918 OSA patients were enrolled in the study. We found a significant reduction in diastolic blood pressure among patients with good CPAP adherence during the 24-month follow-up period (β = − 0.13, p = 0.03), when compared to the group with poor CPAP adherence. No significant association was found between CPAP adherence and weight loss (β = − 0.02, p = 0.59). Long-term, good CPAP therapy adherence was associated with lower diastolic blood pressure without significant weight loss.

SLEEP ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 43 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. A249-A249
Author(s):  
R Shirahama ◽  
T Tanigawa ◽  
K Tomooka ◽  
L Fan Yun ◽  
A Ikeda ◽  
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Abstract Introduction Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is one of the common causes of hypertension. Therefore, we examine the longitudinal effect of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy and its adherence on blood pressure among OSA patients. Methods One thousand two hundred ninety-three (male 1,130, female 163) patients, who were diagnosed with OSA and underwent CPAP therapy were investigated for longitudinal changes (24 months observation period) in the levels of blood pressure and body weight. The longitudinal analyses were performed by mixed effect model. Multiple Imputation with Chained Equations was also used to impute missing data. Good CPAP adherence is defined as more than 70% of the time using CPAP more than 4hours at all the measuring. Poor CPAP adherence is defined as less than 70% of the time using CPAP more than 4hours at all the measuring time points. Results The patient group with good CPAP adherences), compared to poor CPAP adherence, showed significant diastolic blood pressure reduction in 24 months follow-up period (β=-0.13, p=0.03) despite a lack of significant weight loss (β=-0.02, p=0.59). However, no significant associations were found between systolic blood pressure and CPAP adherence (β=-0.14, p=0.11). Conclusion CPAP therapy was found to have a longitudinal effect on diastolic blood pressure despite a lack of significant weight loss. Support  


2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 2802
Author(s):  
Roxana Pleava ◽  
Stefan Mihaicuta ◽  
Costela Lacrimioara Serban ◽  
Carmen Ardelean ◽  
Iosif Marincu ◽  
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Background: We sought to investigate whether long-term continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and resistant hypertension (RHTN) could attenuate the cardiovascular disease risk by lowering their body-mass index (BMI). Methods: This was a long-term observational study of RHTN patients diagnosed with OSA. Patients were evaluated with polysomnography initially and after a mean follow-up period of four years. The patients were divided into two groups based on their compliance to CPAP therapy. Results: 33 patients (aged 54.67 ± 7.5, 18 men, 54.5%) were included in the study, of which 12 were compliant to CPAP therapy. A significant reduction in BMI at follow-up was noted in patients compliant to CPAP therapy (1.4 ± 3.5 vs. −1.6 ± 2.5, p = 0.006). We also noted a large effect size reduction in abdominal circumference at follow-up in the CPAP group. At follow-up evaluation, the mean heart rate (b/min) was lower in the CPAP group (58.6 ± 9.5 vs. 67.8 ± 7.8), while arrhythmia prevalence increased between initial (28.6%) and follow-up (42.9%) evaluation with an intermediate effect size in non-compliant patients. Conclusions: In our cohort of OSA patients with RHTN, long-term adherence to CPAP therapy was associated with weight loss and improvement in cardiac rhythm outcomes.


2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 353-359 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia A. M. Uniken Venema ◽  
Michiel H. J. Doff ◽  
Dilyana Joffe-Sokolova ◽  
Peter J. Wijkstra ◽  
Johannes H. van der Hoeven ◽  
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Hypertension ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 78 (Suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Oksana Rekovets ◽  
Yuriy Sirenko ◽  
Nina Krushynska ◽  
Olena Torbas ◽  
Svitlana Kushnir ◽  
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The aim was to assess the arterial stiffness changes in patients with resistant arterial hypertension (AH) and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and possibilities of its correction by continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP)-therapy. Design: In 10 month follow-up study were included 46 patients with RAH, who were divided into groups: 1-st - patients with RAH and moderate to severe OSA on CPAP (n=21); 2-nd - patients with RAH and moderate to severe OSA without CPAP (n=25). They underwent somnography by dual-channel portable monitor device, office and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, echocardiography and applanation tonometry. All patients received similar antihypertensive therapy according to 2013 ESH Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension. Results: Patients with RAH and OSA (mean apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) 36.5±2.7 event h-1) in comparison with patients with RAH without OSA (mean AHI 3.4±0.2 event h-1) had significantly higher body mass index (34.2±0.7 vs 31.6±0.7 kg m-2, P<0.05), uric acid level (6.7±0.1 vs 5.6±0.4 mg dl-1, P<0,05)). Patients with RAH and OSA in comparison with patients with RAH without OSA had higher carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (PWVcf) (12.1±0.5 vs 10.2 m s-1, P<0,05) and central systolic blood pressure (CSBP) (143.8±2.7 vs 136.2±3.4 mm Hg, P<0,05). During 10 months follow-up in patients with RAH and moderate and sever OSA on CPAP-therapy there were significantly decrease of PWVcf (from 12.1±0.5 to 10.5±0.5 m s-1, P<0,05), decrease office systolic blood pressure (from 147.8±3.7 to 136.7±2.8 mm Hg; P<0,05) and diastolic blood pressure (from 96.8±3.5 to 87.0±3.3 mm Hg; P<0,05) with achievement of target levels in 67,2% patients. Central systolic BP decreased (from 143.8±2.7 to 137.7±2.8 mm Hg; P<0,05). Conclusion: The combination of therapy continuous positive airway pressure with antihypertensive treatment in patients with resistant arterial hypertension and moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea improved achievement of target blood pressure, decreased arterial stiffness and decreased central blood pressure.


2000 ◽  
Vol 122 (3) ◽  
pp. 415-421 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert W. Riley ◽  
Nelson B. Powell ◽  
Kasey K. Li ◽  
Robert J. Troell ◽  
Christian Guilleminault

OBJECTIVE: Outcome data on the surgical treatment of obstructive sleep apnea are, in general, based on short-term follow-up (<6–9 months). This examination was undertaken to assess long-term results. METHODS: Forty patients who underwent soft tissue and skeletal surgery were the subjects of this review. Methods of evaluation included polysomnographic variables (respiratory disturbance index [RDI], low oxyhemoglobin desaturation [LSATT]), body mass index, quality-of-life assessments, roentgenographic analysis, and complications. Statistical analysis used the SAS 6.12 system. RESULTS: Thirty-six of 40 patients (90%) showed long-term clinical success. The mean preoperative RDI, nasal continuous positive airway pressure RDI, and long-term RDI were 71.2 ± 27.0, 7.6 ± 5.2 and 7.6 ± 5.1, respectively. The mean preoperative LSAT, nasal continuous positive airway pressure LSAT, and long-term LSAT were 67.5% ± 14.8%, 87.1% ± 3.2%, and 86.3% ± 3.9%, respectively. The mean follow-up was 50.7 ± 31.9 months. The patients showed a statistically significant long-term weight gain ( P = 0.0002) compared with their 6-month postoperative level (body mass index 31.4 ± 6.7 vs 32.2 ± 6.3). There was a positive correlation with the amount of skeletal advancement and clinical outcome. CONCLUSION: Comprehensive evaluation and surgical treatment can result in successful long-term clinical outcome.


2021 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Lin ◽  
Suxian Hu ◽  
Yonghong Shi ◽  
Fang Lu ◽  
Wen Luo ◽  
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Abstract Objective: Fibrinogen has been implicated to play a role in the pathophysiology of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Many studies have evaluated the effect of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) on plasma fibrinogen levels in OSA patients. However, results from different reports were not consistent. To assess the effect of CPAP treatment on plasma fibrinogen levels of patients with OSA, a meta-analysis was performed. Methods: A systematic search of Pubmed, Embase, Cochrane, Wanfang Database and Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure was performed. Data were extracted, and then weighted mean difference (WMD) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated using a random-effects model. Results: Twenty-two studies involving 859 patients were included in this meta-analysis. Combined data showed that plasma fibrinogen concentrations decreased after CPAP therapy (WMD = −0.38 g/l, 95% CI [−0.54 to −0.22 g/l], P&lt;0.001). In the subgroup analyses by therapy duration, plasma fibrinogen concentrations declined significantly in the long-term (≥1 month) CPAP therapy subgroup (WMD = −0.33 g/l, 95% CI [−0.49 to −0.16 g/l], P&lt;0.001) but not in the short-term (&lt;1 month) CPAP therapy subgroup (WMD = −0.84 g/l, 95% CI [−1.70 to 0.03 g/l], P=0.058). Moreover, in patients with long-term CPAP therapy duration, plasma fibrinogen levels decreased with good CPAP compliance (≥4 h/night) (WMD = −0.37 g/l, 95% CI [−0.55 to −0.19 g/l], P&lt;0.001) but not with poor CPAP compliance (&lt;4 h/night) (WMD = 0.12 g/l, 95% CI [−0.09 to 0.33 g/l], P=0.247). Conclusion: Long-term CPAP treatment with good compliance can reduce the plasma fibrinogen levels in patients with OSA.


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ragnhild Stokke Lundetræ ◽  
Ingvild West Saxvig ◽  
Harald Aurlien ◽  
Sverre Lehmann ◽  
Bjørn Bjorvatn

ObjectiveObstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and insomnia are the two most common sleep disorders. Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is considered first-line treatment for OSA. In the present study, we assess the effect of CPAP on symptoms and prevalence of insomnia in patients with OSA. We hypothesized a decrease in insomnia symptoms from CPAP initiation to follow-up, and that this decrease would depend on CPAP adherence.Materials and methodsThe sample included 442 patients diagnosed with OSA [mean age 54.9 years (SD = 12.1), 74.4% males] who started treatment with CPAP at a university hospital. OSA was diagnosed according to standard respiratory polygraphy. Mean apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) was 30.1 (SD = 21.1) at baseline. Insomnia was assessed prior to CPAP treatment (baseline) and at follow-up after a median of 19.9 weeks (range 6–52 weeks) with the Bergen Insomnia Scale (BIS). CPAP adherence was defined as an average use of ≥ 4 h per night, whereas non-adherence was defined as &lt; 4 h per night.ResultsThere was a significant decrease in BIS scores from baseline (mean = 18.8, SD = 9.8) to follow-up (mean = 12.9, SD = 9.9), p &lt; 0.001. Cohen’s d(0.65) indicated a moderate effect size. The reduction in BIS scores was depending on CPAP adherence (interaction effect F(1,440) = 12.4, p &lt; 0.001), with larger reduction in the adherent group than in the non-adherent group. The proportion of patients with chronic insomnia was significantly reduced from 51.1% at baseline to 33.0% at follow-up (p &lt; 0.001).ConclusionOverall, there was a significant reduction in insomnia symptoms from baseline to follow-up. The improvement was significant in both adherence groups, but the degree of improvement was larger among patients who were adherent to CPAP. Furthermore, there was a significant reduction in the prevalence of chronic insomnia at follow-up compared to baseline. This suggests that CPAP effectively reduces both the presence of insomnia and the severity of insomnia symptoms in some patients with OSA.


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