ArticleFrontiers in physiology2025
Cross-sectional study on exercise capacity in obese patients with severe obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.
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- Exercise capacity of patients with obstructive sleep apnea at moderate to high altitude.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2026Article
- Association Between Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Preoperative Cardiopulmonary Fitness in Patients Undergoing Sleeve Gastrectomy: A Real-World Study.Obesity surgery · 2026Article
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Objective: To explore the exercise capacity in obese patients with severe obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) through cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET). Methods: In this cross-sectional study, patients with simple obesity (36 cases) and obese patients with severe OSAS (45 cases) admitted to the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine and the Department of General Practice of the Affiliated Wuxi People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University from September 2019 to January 2024 were collected. Additionally, we included 33 patients (BMI<28 kg/m Results: No significant differences were observed in the proportion of men and women, age, height, exercise habit among the three groups (P > 0.05). Sleep monitoring data indicated that there were statistically significant differences among the three groups of patients in terms of the AHI, sleep efficiency, min SaO Conclusion: Severe OSAS, as a severe complication of obesity, further exacerbates the decline in exercise capacity among obese patients, with the extent of impairment positively correlated with AHI values.CPET can be used to assess cardiopulmonary function in patients with obesity and OSAS. Early intervention can be carried out for obese patients with severe OSAS who show a downward trend in cardiopulmonary exercise indicators.
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