Vasoactive Hormones During the Night in Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea Before and After Treatment With CPAP.

Regional Hospital Holstebro50 enrolled

Overview

We wanted to test the hypothesis that treatment with continuous positive airway pressure reduces nocturnal hypoxia and thereby affecting levels of vasoactive hormones leading to a fall in blood pressure patients with obstructive sleep apnea.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Interventions

Continuous Positive Airway PressureDEVICE

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 20 YearsMax age: 65 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Age between 20 and 65 years * Obstructive sleep apnea * Hypertension or normal blood pressure Exclusion Criteria: * Drug or alcohol abuse * Pregnancy * History or clinical signs of disease in the heart, lungs, brain,liver, kidneys or endocrine organs * Diabetes

Locations (1)

Department of Medicine, Holstebro Hospital

Holstebro, Ringkoebing County, Denmark

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