TY - JOUR
T1 - Polysomnographic evidence of sleep apnoea disorders in lean and overweight haemodialysis patients
AU - Sakkas, Giorgos K.
AU - Karatzaferi, Christina
AU - Liakopoulos, Vassilios
AU - Maridaki, Maria D.
AU - Lavdas, Eleftherios
AU - Giannaki, Christoforos D.
AU - Gourgoulianis, Konstantinos I.
AU - Stefanidis, Ioannis
PY - 2007/10
Y1 - 2007/10
N2 - Background - Sleep apnoea disorders affect a large proportion of patients with renal failure. However, it is unknown whether body composition and visceral adiposity predispose haernodialysis patients to sleep apnoea disorders. Methods - Forty-one dialysis patients were divided in two groups according to the BMI score as; the Lean group (N=21, 1F/20M, BMI = 21.3 ± 2.1) and the Overweight group (N=20, 9F/11M, BMI =28.3 ± 2.8). Sleep disturbances assessed by a full polysomnography (PSG), visceral adipose tissue (VAT), calculated by computed tomography, the quality of life, assessed by the SF-36, and the body composition, measured by DEXA. Results - None of the PSG parameters were different between the two groups. Only visceral adiposity was correlated significantly with sleep apnoea disorders. Conclusions - BMI and percent of total body fat do not seem to predispose for sleep apnoea disorders. Rather it is the increased fat deposition in abdominal area that plays the pivotal role.
AB - Background - Sleep apnoea disorders affect a large proportion of patients with renal failure. However, it is unknown whether body composition and visceral adiposity predispose haernodialysis patients to sleep apnoea disorders. Methods - Forty-one dialysis patients were divided in two groups according to the BMI score as; the Lean group (N=21, 1F/20M, BMI = 21.3 ± 2.1) and the Overweight group (N=20, 9F/11M, BMI =28.3 ± 2.8). Sleep disturbances assessed by a full polysomnography (PSG), visceral adipose tissue (VAT), calculated by computed tomography, the quality of life, assessed by the SF-36, and the body composition, measured by DEXA. Results - None of the PSG parameters were different between the two groups. Only visceral adiposity was correlated significantly with sleep apnoea disorders. Conclusions - BMI and percent of total body fat do not seem to predispose for sleep apnoea disorders. Rather it is the increased fat deposition in abdominal area that plays the pivotal role.
KW - BMI
KW - Body composition
KW - Haemodialysis
KW - Polysomnography
KW - VAT
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M3 - Article
C2 - 18298033
AN - SCOPUS:38549145951
SN - 1019-083X
VL - 33
SP - 159
EP - 164
JO - Journal of Renal Care
JF - Journal of Renal Care
IS - 4
ER -