Table 2.

Non-randomized studies involving interventions in Obstructive Sleep Apnea and the impact on dyslipidemia.

Sample Size	Intervention / Follow-up	Total cholesterol	LDL cholesterol	HDL cholesterol	Triglycerides	Author/year
22 adults	CPAP / 6 months	↔	↓	↑	↓	Chin et al. 199928
23 adults	CPAP / 1month	↔	↓	↑	↔	Chin et al. 200029
44 adults	CPAP / 2 months	↓	↓	↔	↔	Cuhadaroğlu et al. 200930
32 adults	CPAP / 2 months	↓**	↔	↔	↓**	Dorkova et al. 200731
62 children	Adenotonsillectomy/ 6–12 mouths	↔ non obese ↓ obese	↓	↑	↔ non obese ↓ obese	Gozal et al. 200832
53 adults	CPAP / 6 months	↓	↓***	↔	↔	Steiropoulos et al. 200733

^*No differences in the subgroup that did not have body weight reduction.

^**No differences in the noncompliant group (CPAP use <4h/night).

^***A strong trend was observed.