Affiliation:
1. From the Departments of Psychiatry (J.E.D.) and Medicine (J.S.L.), University of California at San Diego, and San Diego State University/University of California at San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology (J.P.).
Abstract
Abstract
—This study examined the effect of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment on blood pressure in patients with obstructive sleep apnea. Thirty-nine patients with sleep apnea were studied. Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring was obtained before and after patients were randomized to receive either 1 week of CPAP or placebo CPAP (CPAP administered at ineffective pressure). Blood pressure was examined over daytime hours (6
am
to 10
pm
) and during nighttime hours (10
pm
to 6
am
). Daytime mean arterial blood pressure decreased significantly but equally in both the active treatment group and the placebo treatment group (
P
=0.001). Nighttime mean arterial pressure levels decreased to a much greater extent over time in the patients who received active CPAP treatment (
P
=0.032). CPAP does appear to decrease nighttime blood pressure. However, the decrease in daytime blood pressure may reflect a nonspecific response (ie, placebo), since both the active treatment group and the placebo treatment group developed comparable decreases in blood pressure.
Publisher
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
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