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Increased serum levels of advanced glycation end-products is associated with severity of sleep disordered breathing but not insulin sensitivity in non-diabetic men with obstructive sleep apnoea.
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PMID:  22137116     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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BACKGROUND: Patients with diabetes mellitus are known to have increased serum levels of advanced glycation end-products (AGEs), and this is also associated with insulin resistance. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between serum AGEs and insulin sensitivity in non-diabetic subjects with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA). METHODS: Adult males with no known comorbidities were recruited from the sleep clinic of a university teaching hospital. They underwent overnight in-laboratory polysomnography. Fasting blood was taken to measure serum AGE and plasma glucose levels. Insulin sensitivity was estimated using the short insulin tolerance test. RESULTS: In total, 105 subjects with a mean age of 43.5 (standard deviation [SD] 9.2)years, mean body mass index of 27.1 (SD 4.0)kg/m(2), and median apnoea-hypopnoea index (AHI) of 17 (interquartile range 5-46) were analysed. Serum AGE levels were significantly higher in subjects with OSA (AHI ⩾5), compared with those without OSA (AHI <5) (3.9 [SD 1.2] vs. 3.2 [SD 0.8]μg/ml, respectively; P=0.037) after adjusting for confounders. AGE levels were positively correlated with AHI (r=0.318, P=0.001), but not with insulin sensitivity. AGE levels decreased in subjects with moderate-to-severe OSA who received continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment for threemonths (n=18, P=0.017). CONCLUSIONS: Serum AGE levels correlate with AHI in non-diabetic adult males. This relationship cannot be explained by insulin sensitivity. Supporting the hypothesis of a direct relationship between AHI and AGEs, AGE levels were found to decline with CPAP therapy.
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Jamie C M Lam; Kathryn C B Tan; Agnes Y K Lai; David C L Lam; Mary S M Ip
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Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2011-12-1
Journal Detail:
Title:  Sleep medicine     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1878-5506     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2011 Dec 
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Created Date:  2011-12-5     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
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Nlm Unique ID:  100898759     Medline TA:  Sleep Med     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
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Copyright © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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University Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China.
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