Serum Copeptin Levels in Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Ebru Sengul Parlak, MD

doi:10.23937/2572-3987.1510022

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Citation

Parlak ES, Hezer H, Arguder E, Kilic H, Alisik M, et al. (2020) Serum Copeptin Levels in Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Int Arch Clin Pharmacol 6:022. doi.org/10.23937/2572-3987.1510022

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RESEARCH ARTICLE | OPEN ACCESSDOI: 10.23937/2572-3987.1510022

Serum Copeptin Levels in Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Ebru Sengul Parlak, MD^1*, Habibe Hezer, MD¹, Emine Arguder, MD¹, Hatice Kilic, MD¹, Murat Alisik, MD², Gokhan Yalciner, MD³, Mehmet Ali Babademez, MD³, Ozcan Erel, MD⁴ and Hatice Canan Hasanoglu, MD¹

¹Department of Chest Diseases, Ankara City Hospital, Turkey

²Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Polatli State Hospital, Turkey

³Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Ankara City Hospital, Turkey

⁴Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Ankara City Hospital, Turkey

Abstract

Objectives

To evaluate serum copeptin levels in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and healthy controls.

Materials and methods

Fifty-eight newly diagnosed OSA patients and thirty-five healthy individuals were enrolled. OSA patients were divided into mild (5 ≥ AHI < 15), moderate (15 ≥ AHI < 30), and severe (AHI ≥ 30) groups. Copeptin levels were evaluated and compared between patients and healthy individuals. For the subgroup analysis, OSA patients were divided into two groups, AHI < 30 (mild-moderate) and ≥ 30 (severe) and copeptin levels were compared between the groups.

Results

Copeptin levels were significantly higher in the OSA group compared to the healthy individuals (p = 0.001). In severe OSA patients (AHI ≥ 30), copeptin levels were significantly higher than in the mild-moderate group (p = 0.038). The analysis showed that copeptin levels > 4.41 had a 89% sensitivity and 71% specificity for APE (AUC 0.831, 95% CI 0.740-0.922).

Conclusion

Serum copeptin levels were found to be associated with OSA, severe OSA. Copeptin levels may be useful for monitoring and determining high-risk patients OSA patients.