Depressive symptoms in patients with obstructive sleep apnea: biological mechanistic pathways.

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Depressive symptoms in patients with obstructive sleep apnea: biological mechanistic pathways.

J Behav Med. 2017 Jun 21;:

Authors: Chirinos DA, Gurubhagavatula I, Broderick P, Chirinos JA, Teff K, Wadden T, Maislin G, Saif H, Chittams J, Cassidy C, Hanlon AL, Pack AI

Abstract
This study examined the association between depressive symptoms, as well as depressive symptom dimensions, and three candidate biological pathways linking them to Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA): (1) inflammation; (2) circulating leptin; and (3) intermittent hypoxemia. Participants included 181 obese adults with moderate-to-severe OSA enrolled in the Cardiovascular Consequences of Sleep Apnea (COSA) trial. Depressive symptoms were measured using the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II). We assessed inflammation using C-reactive protein levels (CRP), circulating leptin by radioimmunoassay using a double antibody/PEG assay, and intermittent hypoxemia by the percentage of sleep time each patient had below 90% oxyhemoglobin saturation. We found no significant associations between BDI-II total or cognitive scores and CRP, leptin, or percentage of sleep time below 90% oxyhemoglobin saturation after controlling for relevant confounding factors. Somatic symptoms, however, were positively associated with percentage of sleep time below 90% saturation (β = 0.202, P = 0.032), but not with CRP or circulating leptin in adjusted models. Another significant predictor of depressive symptoms included sleep efficiency (βBDI Total = -0.230, P = 0.003; βcognitive = -0.173, P = 0.030 (βsomatic = -0.255, P = 0.001). In patients with moderate-to-severe OSA, intermittent hypoxia may play a role in somatic rather than cognitive or total depressive symptoms.

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