The complex interplay of hypoxia and sleep disturbance in gray matter structure alterations in obstructive sleep apnea patients

Wang, Jing and Li, Yezhou and Ji, Lirong and Su, Tong and Cheng, Chaohong and Han, Fei and Cox, Daniel J. and Wang, Erlei and Chen, Rui (2023) The complex interplay of hypoxia and sleep disturbance in gray matter structure alterations in obstructive sleep apnea patients. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 15. ISSN 1663-4365

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Abstract

Background: Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) characteristically leads to nocturnal hypoxia and sleep disturbance. Despite clear evidence of OSA-induced cognitive impairments, the literature offers no consensus on the relationship between these pathophysiological processes and brain structure alterations in patients.

Objective: This study leverages the robust technique of structural equation modeling to investigate how hypoxia and sleep disturbance exert differential effects on gray matter structures.

Methods: Seventy-four Male participants were recruited to undergo overnight polysomnography and T1-weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Four structural outcome parameters were extracted, namely, gray matter volume, cortical thickness, sulcal depth, and fractal dimension. Structural equation models were constructed with two latent variables (hypoxia, and sleep disturbance) and three covariates (age, body mass index, and education) to examine the association between gray matter structural changes in OSA and the two latent variables, hypoxia and sleep disturbance.

Results: The structural equation models revealed hypoxia-associated changes in diverse regions, most significantly in increased gray matter volume, cortical thickness and sulcal depth. In contrast, sleep disturbance. Was shown to be largely associated with reduce gray matter volume and sulcal depth.

Conclusion: This study provides new evidence showing significant effects of OSA-induced hypoxia and sleep disturbance on gray matter volume and morphology in male patients with obstructive sleep apnea. It also demonstrates the utility of robust structural equation models in examining obstructive sleep apnea pathophysiology.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: STM Digital > Medical Science
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Date Deposited: 04 Sep 2024 04:37
Last Modified: 04 Sep 2024 04:37
URI: http://research.asianarticleeprint.com/id/eprint/1380

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