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. 2020 Jun 16;21(1):151.
doi: 10.1186/s12931-020-01416-x.

Interaction between obstructive sleep apnea and short sleep duration on insulin resistance: a large-scale study : OSA, short sleep duration and insulin resistance

Huajun Xu  1   2   3 , Chen Liang  4 , Jianyin Zou  1   2   3 , Hongliang Yi  1   2   3 , Jian Guan  5   6   7 , Meizhen Gu  8 , Yanhong Feng  9 , Shankai Yin  1   2   3
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Interaction between obstructive sleep apnea and short sleep duration on insulin resistance: a large-scale study : OSA, short sleep duration and insulin resistance

Huajun Xu et al. Respir Res. .

Abstract

Objectives: Both short sleep duration and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) seem to be associated with insulin resistance. We aimed to explore whether short sleep duration modifies the relationship between OSA and insulin resistance.

Methods: Participants were consecutively enrolled from our sleep center during the period from 2007 to 2017. The index of homeostasis model assessment insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) was calculated from insulin and glucose. Sleep duration was determined by standard polysomnography. The associations between sleep duration and insulin resistance were estimated by logistic regression analyses.

Results: A total of 5447 participants (4507 OSA and 940 primary snorers) were included in the study. OSA was independently correlated with insulin resistance after adjusting for all potential confounders (OR, 1.319; 95% CI, 1.088-1.599), but not short sleep duration. In stratified analysis by sleep duration, compared with primary snorers, in the OSA group only extremely short sleep duration (< 5 h) was significantly associated with insulin resistance after adjusting for all covariates (OR, 2.229; 95% CI, 1.283-3.874). Rapid eye movement predominant OSA was significantly associated with insulin resistance (OR = 1.355, 95% CI: 1.019-1.802) after adjustment for confounding factors including age, sex and body mass index.

Conclusions: OSA, but not short sleep duration, was independently associated with insulin resistance. It is worth noting that OSA combined with extremely short sleep duration showed a greater detrimental effect than OSA itself with regard to insulin resistance.

Keywords: Insulin resistance; Obstructive sleep apnea; Sleep duration.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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