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ArticleEnvironmental health and preventive medicine2016

Serum triglyceride levels in relation to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (TG-HDL) ratios as an efficient tool to estimate the risk of sleep apnea syndrome in non-overweight Japanese men.

Yuji Shimizu, Hiroyuki Yoshimine, Mako Nagayoshi, Koichiro Kadota, Kensuke Takahashi, Kiyohiro Izumino, Kenichiro Inoue, Takahiro Maeda

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Article in Environmental health and preventive medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Yuji ShimizuDepartment of Community Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Science, Nagasaki, Japan. simizicyuu@yahoo.co.jp.
Hiroyuki YoshimineDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Inoue Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan.
Mako NagayoshiDepartment of Community Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Science, Nagasaki, Japan.
Koichiro KadotaDepartment of Community Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Science, Nagasaki, Japan.
Kensuke TakahashiDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Inoue Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan.
Kiyohiro IzuminoShunkaikai, Inoue Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan.
Kenichiro InoueShunkaikai, Inoue Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan.
Takahiro MaedaDepartment of Community Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Science, Nagasaki, Japan.
Inoue Hospital · JPNagasaki University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesSeveral studies have reported the association between sleep apnea syndrome and insulin resistance. Being overweight is known risk factor both for sleep apnea syndrome and insulin resistance. However, no studies have reported on the association between serum triglyceride levels in relation to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (TG-HDL) ratios (a marker of insulin resistance) and sleep apnea syndrome accounting for body mass index (BMI) status.

methodsSubjects for the present cross-sectional study consisted of 1,528 men aged 30-69 years undergoing pulse oximetry at a sleep disorders clinic for sleep apnea syndrome. Sleep apnea syndrome was diagnosed as a 3 % oxygen desaturation index (ODI) of ≥15 events/h.

resultsAmong study participants, 241 men were diagnosed with sleep apnea syndrome. Independent of classical cardiovascular risk factors, TG-HDL was significantly positively associated with sleep apnea syndrome in participants with a BMI <25 kg/m

conclusionsAn independent positive association between TG-HDL levels and risk of sleep apnea syndrome was observed in participants with a BMI of <25 kg/m

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Body Mass IndexAdultAgedCholesterol, HDLCross-Sectional StudiesHumansInsulin ResistanceJapanMaleMiddle AgedOdds RatioRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsSleep Apnea SyndromesTriglyceridesCholesterol, HDLTriglyceridesHDL-cholesterolNon-overweightSleep apnea syndromeTriglycerides

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