The association of weight loss from anti-obesity medications or bariatric surgery and apnea-hypopnea index in obstructive sleep apnea.
Brian W LockeAinhoa Gómez-LumbrerasChia Jie TanTeerawat NonthasawadsriSajesh K VeettilChanthawat PatikornNathorn ChaiyakunaprukPublished in: Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity (2024)
Weight loss caused by medication or surgery caused a proportionate improvement of the AHI. Providers could consider extrapolating from this relationship when advising patients of the expected effects of other pharmacologic or surgical interventions without direct evidence in OSA.
Keyphrases
- weight loss
- obstructive sleep apnea
- bariatric surgery
- positive airway pressure
- roux en y gastric bypass
- gastric bypass
- end stage renal disease
- obese patients
- sleep apnea
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- minimally invasive
- chronic kidney disease
- weight gain
- glycemic control
- physical activity
- peritoneal dialysis
- insulin resistance
- prognostic factors
- coronary artery bypass
- body mass index
- skeletal muscle
- patient reported outcomes
- high fat diet induced
- patient reported
- acute coronary syndrome