Open AccessThe Association of Obesity with Insulin Resistance in Male Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome in Korea
Author(s) -
Seockhoon Chung,
In-Young Yoon,
Gawon Ju
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
psychiatry investigation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.784
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1976-3026
pISSN - 1738-3684
DOI - 10.4306/pi.2011.8.3.245
Subject(s) - insulin resistance , medicine , obstructive sleep apnea , body mass index , endocrinology , obesity , triglyceride , waist , insulin , polysomnography , cholesterol , apnea
Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) has been associated with cardiovascular complications and insulin resistance has been implicated in the pathogenesis and progression of atherosclerosis. We investigated whether insulin resistance is associated with OSAS independent of obesity.