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Obstructive sleep apnea as a risk factor for cerebral white matter change in a middle-aged and older general population.

ABSTRACT: STUDY OBJECTIVE: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) contributes to the development of systemic hypertension, and hypertension strongly predicts the development of white matter change (WMC). Thus, it is plausible that OSA mediates WMC. The goal of the current study is to determine whether a contextual relationship exists between OSA and cerebral WMC. DESIGN: Cross-sectional analyses conducted in a population-based study. SETTING: Korean community-based sample from the Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study (KoGES) who attended examinations in 2011 at a medical center. PARTICIPANTS: There were 503 individuals (mean ± SD, age 59.63 ± 7.48 y) who were free of previously diagnosed cardiovascular and neurologic diseases. MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS: Participants underwent 1-night polysomnography and were classified as no OSA (obstructive apnea-hypopnea index [AHI] < 5, n = 289), mild OSA (AHI 5-15, n = 161), and moderate to severe OSA (AHI ? 15, n = 53). WMC was identified with brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and was found in 199 individuals (39.56%). Multivariate logistic regression analyses adjusted for covariates revealed that moderate to severe OSA was significantly associated with the presence of WMC (odds ratio [OR] 2.08, 95%, confidence interval [CI] 1.05-4.13) compared with no OSA. Additional adjustment of hypertension to the model did not alter the significance of the association (OR 2.03, 95% CI 1.02-4.05). CONCLUSIONS: Moderate to severe OSA is an independent risk factor for WMC in middle-aged and older individuals. Thus, early recognition and treatment of OSA could reduce the risk of stroke and vascular dementia.

SUBMITTER: Kim H

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3624825 | biostudies-other | 2013 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Obstructive sleep apnea as a risk factor for cerebral white matter change in a middle-aged and older general population.

Kim Hyun H Yun Chang-Ho CH Thomas Robert Joseph RJ Lee Seung Hoon SH Seo Hyung Suk HS Cho Eo Rin ER Lee Seung Ku SK Yoon Dae Wui DW Suh Sooyeon S Shin Chol C

Sleep 20130501 5

<h4>Study objective</h4>Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) contributes to the development of systemic hypertension, and hypertension strongly predicts the development of white matter change (WMC). Thus, it is plausible that OSA mediates WMC. The goal of the current study is to determine whether a contextual relationship exists between OSA and cerebral WMC.<h4>Design</h4>Cross-sectional analyses conducted in a population-based study.<h4>Setting</h4>Korean community-based sample from the Korean Genome ...[more]

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Project description:PurposeTo investigate white matter (WM) structural alterations using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patients, with or without residual sleepiness, following adherent continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment. Possible quantitative relationships were explored between the DTI metrics and two clinical assessments of somnolence.Materials and methodsTwenty-nine male patients (30-55 years old) with a confirmed diagnosis of OSA were recruited. The patients were treated with CPAP therapy only. The Psychomotor Vigilance Task (PVT) and Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) were performed after CPAP treatment and additionally administered at the time of the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan. Based on the PVT results, the patients were divided into a nonsleepy group (lapses ≤5) and a sleepy group (lapses >5). DTI was performed at 3T, followed by an analysis using tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS) to investigate the differences in fractional anisotropy (FA), mean diffusivity (MD), axial diffusivity (λ1 ), and radial diffusivity (λ23 ) between the two groups.ResultsA higher MD (P < 0.05) was observed in the sleepy group than the nonsleepy group in the whole-brain TBSS analysis in the WM. The increased MD (17.8% of the fiber tracts; P < 0.05) was caused primarily by an elevated λ23 . Axial diffusivity (λ1 ) exhibited no significant difference (P > 0.17). The alterations in FA or MD of individual fiber tracts occurred mainly in the internal/external capsule, corona radiata, corpus callosum, and sagittal stratum regions. The FA and MD values correlated with the PVT and ESS assessments from all patients (R ≥ 0.517, P < 0.05).ConclusionGlobal and regional WM alterations, as revealed by DTI, can be a possible mechanism to explain why OSA patients with high levels of CPAP use can have differing responses to treatment. Compromised myelin sheath, indicated by increased radial diffusivity, can be involved in the underlying WM changes. Evidence level: 1 J. MAGN. RESON. IMAGING 2017;45:1371-1378.

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Obstructive sleep apnea as a risk factor for cerebral white matter change in a middle-aged and older general population.

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Obstructive sleep apnea as a risk factor for cerebral white matter change in a middle-aged and older general population.

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