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Sleepiness and Vitamin D Levels in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Kostas Archontogeorgis
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Nicholas-Tiberio Economou
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Panagiotis Bargiotas
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Evangelia Nena
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Athanasios Voulgaris
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Konstantina Chadia
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Georgia Trakada
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Andrea Romigi
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Paschalis Steiropoulos
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Version 1 : Received: 22 February 2024 / Approved: 26 February 2024 / Online: 26 February 2024 (13:57:15 CET)

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Archontogeorgis, K.; Economou, N.-T.; Bargiotas, P.; Nena, E.; Voulgaris, A.; Chadia, K.; Trakada, G.; Romigi, A.; Steiropoulos, P. Sleepiness and Vitamin D Levels in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Healthcare 2024, 12, 698. Archontogeorgis, K.; Economou, N.-T.; Bargiotas, P.; Nena, E.; Voulgaris, A.; Chadia, K.; Trakada, G.; Romigi, A.; Steiropoulos, P. Sleepiness and Vitamin D Levels in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Healthcare 2024, 12, 698.

Abstract

Study Objectives: The aim of this study is to explore the association between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] levels, a marker of Vitamin D status, and excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS), expressed as increased scores of Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS), in a group of prospectively enrolled patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Methods: Newly diagnosed patients with OSA, divided into two groups, those with EDS (ESS>10) and those without EDS (ESS

Keywords

Vitamin D; sleepiness; obstructive sleep apnea (OSA); sleep apnea; Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS)

Subject

Medicine and Pharmacology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

Copyright: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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