Table 1.

Cross-sectional studies involving Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) and the impact on dyslipidemia.

Sample Size (OSA/controls)	Total cholesterol	LDL cholesterol	HDL cholesterol	Triglycerides	Author/year
104 adults (61/43)	↔	↔	↓	↑	Coughlin et al. 200417
99 adults (77/22)	↔	↔	↔	↑	Czerniawska et al. 200818
42 adults (30/12)	↔	↔	↔	↔	Drager et al. 200519
81 adults with Metabolic Syndrome (51/30)	↔	↔	↔	↔*	Drager et al. 200920
94 adults (42/52)	↔	NA	↔	↔	Kono et al. 200721
60 adults (40/20)	↔	↔	↔	↑	Lefebvre et al. 200822
42 adults (21/21)	↑	↑	↔	↔	McArdle et al. 200711
52 adults (36/16)	↔	↔	↔	↔	Minoguchi et al. 200523
4491 adults (1988/2503)	↑**	NA	↓	↑	Newman et al. 200112
846 elderly (470/376)	↔	↔	↓	↑	Roche et al. 200924
210 adults (128/82)	↔	↔	↔	↔	Tan et al. 200625
68 adults (53/15)	↔	↔	↔	↔	Tokuda et al. 200826
99 adults with hypertension (46/53)	↑	↑	↓	↔	Tsioufis et al. 200727

NA: Not available

^*A strong trend to increase was observed.

^**In subjects <65 years