Obstructive sleep apnea in non-dialyzed chronic kidney disease patients: association with body adiposity and sarcopenia

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a breathing disorder characterized by narrowing of the upper airway that impairs normal ventilation during sleep [1]. OSA is considered a public health problem due to its high prevalence that has been estimated as 22% in men and 17% in women in the general population [2] and due to its association with increased morbidity and mortality in the short term (traffic and job related accidents) [3,4] and the long term (cardiovascular diseases; CVD) [5-6].

Source: Nutrition - May 24, 2018 Category: Nutrition Authors: Julia Freitas Rodrigues Fernandes, Maria In ês Barreto Silva, Claudio Loivos, Ana Paula Medeiros Menna Barreto, Vagner Meira, Sergio Emanuel Kaiser, Rachel Bregman, Márcia Regina Simas Torres Klein Source Type: research