阻害性睡眠無呼吸症の患者におけるC反応性タンパク質の値上昇
Abu S M Shamsuzzaman1, Mikolaj Winnicki, Paola Lanfranchi
1Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, MN 59905, USA.
Circulation
|May 30, 2002
まとめ
阻害性睡眠時無呼吸症候群 (OSA) は,炎症と心血管リスクのマーカーであるC反応性タンパク質 (CRP) のレベルが高いことと関連しています. 高いCRPは,より重度のOSAを示しています.
科学分野:
- 心臓病学 心臓病学
- スリープ・メディシン (睡眠医学)
- 炎症の研究 炎症の研究
背景:
- 阻害性睡眠時無呼吸症 (OSA) は,ますます心血管および脳血管疾患と関連付けられています.
- OSAにおける炎症プロセスは,心血管疾患に寄与する可能性があります.
- この研究では,OSAとC反応性タンパク質 (CRP) レベルとの関連を調査しました.
研究 の 目的:
- OSA患者の血CRP濃度が上昇しているという仮説を検証する.
- OSAの重症度とCRPレベルとの関係を調査する.
主な方法:
- 他の病気や薬剤なしで,OSAと新たに診断された22人の患者を研究しました.
- 20歳のOSA患者におけるCRP濃度を比較し,オカルトOSAのない年齢とBMIにマッチしたコントロールを比較した.
- 独立した関連性を評価するために,多変量分析を使用した.
主要な成果:
- プラズマCRP濃度は,対照群と比較してOSA患者で有意に高かった (中位値は0.33対0.09mg/dL).
- 高濃度のCRPは,独立してOSAの重症度 (P=0.032) と関連していました.
結論:
- 阻害性睡眠時無呼吸症は,C反応性タンパク質 (CRP) レベルが上昇したものと関連しています.
- CRPは,OSA患者の炎症と心血管リスクのマーカーとして機能します.
- OSAの重症度は,CRPレベルと正比例しています.
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