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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens. 2014 Sep;23(5):462–467. doi: 10.1097/MNH.0000000000000047

Table 1. The potential effects of CPAP.

Decreased:
 Daytime sleepiness [57]
 Blood pressure
 Sympathetic nervous system activity [58]
 Inflammation [59]
 Plasma aldosterone [60]
 Vascular stiffness
 Structural cardiac abnormalities [61]
 Cardiovascular risk [62]
Increased:
 Quality of life [57]
 Endothelial function [63]
 Nocturnal dipping