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. 2007 Jun;2(2):251-261.
doi: 10.1016/j.jsmc.2007.04.003.

Sleep Apnea and its association with the Stress System, Inflammation, Insulin Resistance and Visceral Obesity

G Trakada  1 , G Chrousos, S Pejovic, A Vgontzas
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Sleep Apnea and its association with the Stress System, Inflammation, Insulin Resistance and Visceral Obesity

G Trakada et al. Sleep Med Clin. 2007 Jun.
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Fig 1
Plasma TNFa and IL-6 levels in normal subjects and patients with EDS. (a) *P < 0.001 versus normal; (b) *P = 0.028 versus normal.
Fig 2
Fig 2
Visceral fat significantly correlated with indexes of sleep apnoea.formula image sleep apnoeics; formula image obese controls.
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Fig 3
A model of the complex feed forward associations between visceral fat/insulin resistance, inflammatory cytokines, stress hormones, excessive daytime sleepiness and sleep apnoea.
Fig 4
Fig 4
Plasma IL-6 (top) and TNFa (bottom) are positively correlated with BMI in obese controls, but not in obese women with PCOS. (■) women with PCOS; (○), obese controls.
Fig 5
Fig 5
Sleep latencies during daytime testing with MSLT in the placebo (■) and etanercept (○) conditions. Each data point represents the mean±SE, P<0.05, adjusted change between placebo and etanercept.
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