Stress Hormone Dysregulation in Overweight Male Adults with Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Severe OSA may impact the HPA axis by reducing concentrations of DHEA and DHEA-S without affecting cortisol and ACTH concentrations in male overweight OSA patients. This could possibly imply the dysregulation of DHEA/DHEA-S production in a much severe sleep disturbance situation.
Authors
- Anna M. Salapatas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3291-2878)
- Meng‐Chih Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7777-9356)
- Hsin‐Ching Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8822-0619)
- Chung‐Wei Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8309-7028)
- John Loh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3228-2738)
- Chun‐Tuan Chang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8538-4602)
- Michael Friedman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5626-1603)
Institutions
- Rush University Medical Center (US)
- National Sun Yat-sen University (TW)
- Chang Gung University (TW)
- Changi General Hospital (SG)
- Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (TW)
- Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center (US)
- Kaohsiung Municipal Ta-Tung Hospital (TW)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Neuroendocrinology
- Published
- 2025-11-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000549371
- Primary Topic
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00