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SUBMITTER: Shechter A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5193470 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov-Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shechter Ari A Pham Tiffany T Rising Russell R St-Onge Marie-Pierre MP
Obesity research & clinical practice 20150911 6
We conducted a placebo-controlled crossover pilot study investigating the effects of 2 mo of active and sham continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) on energy expenditure (EE) via whole-room indirect calorimetry in three obese obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) patients. Total 24-h (active: 2970 ± 254 kcal/d, sham: 2705 ± 217 kcal/d; p = 0.015) and mean sleeping (active: 1.60 ± 0.20 kcal/min; sham: 1.47 ± 0.17 kcal/min; p = 0.038) EE were significantly increased after active vs. sham CPAP. Findin ...[more]