Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is associated with the impairment of beta-cell response to glucose in children and adolescents with obesity.

Giuseppina Rosaria UmanoAlfonso GalderisiFrancesca AielloMariangela MartinoOrnella CamponescoAnna Di SessaPierluigi MarzuilloPapparella AlfonsoEmanuele Miraglia Del Giudice

Published in: International journal of obesity (2005) (2023)

OSA might impair beta-cell function reducing the pool of promptly releasable insulin in children and adolescents with obesity, in the absence of an effect on insulin sensitivity.

Keyphrases

obstructive sleep apnea
type diabetes
positive airway pressure
insulin resistance
metabolic syndrome
weight loss
high fat diet induced
weight gain
sleep apnea
single cell
cell therapy
glycemic control
blood glucose
adipose tissue
stem cells
skeletal muscle
blood pressure