Haensel, Alexander; Bardwell, Wayne A; Mills, Paul J; Loredo, Jose S; Ancoli-Israel, Sonia; Morgan, Erin E; Heaton, Robert K; Dimsdale, Joel E (2009). Relationship between inflammation and cognitive function in obstructive sleep apnea. Sleep & breathing, 13(1), pp. 35-41. Berlin: Springer 10.1007/s11325-008-0198-2
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OBJECTIVES: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) can have adverse effects on cognitive functioning, mood, and cardiovascular functioning. OSA brings with it disturbances in sleep architecture, oxygenation, sympathetic nervous system function, and inflammatory processes. It is not clear which of these mechanisms is linked to the decrease in cognitive functioning. This study examined the effect of inflammatory parameters on cognitive dysfunction. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Thirty-nine patients with untreated sleep apnea were evaluated by polysomnography and completed a battery of neuropsychological tests. After the first night of evaluation in the sleep laboratory, blood samples were taken for analysis of interleukin 6, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), and soluble TNF receptor 1 (sTNF-R1). RESULTS: sTNF-R1 significantly correlated with cognitive dysfunction. In hierarchical linear regression analysis, measures of obstructive sleep apnea severity explained 5.5% of the variance in cognitive dysfunction (n.s.). After including sTNF-R1, percentage of variance explained by the full model increased more than threefold to 19.6% (F = 2.84, df = 3, 36, p = 0.05). Only sTNF-R1 had a significant individual relationship with cognitive dysfunction (beta = 0.376 t = 2.48, p = 0.02). CONCLUSIONS: sTNF-R1 as a marker of chronic inflammation may be associated with diminished neuropsychological functioning in patients with OSA.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Head Organs and Neurology (DKNS) > Clinic of Neurology > Centre of Competence for Psychosomatic Medicine |
UniBE Contributor: |
von Känel, Roland |
ISSN: |
1520-9512 |
Publisher: |
Springer |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Factscience Import |
Date Deposited: |
04 Oct 2013 15:15 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:23 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1007/s11325-008-0198-2 |
PubMed ID: |
18551328 |
Web of Science ID: |
000261959700006 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/33450 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/33450 (FactScience: 198996) |
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