Obesity metabolic and hormonal disorders associated with obstructive sleep apnea and their impact on the risk of cardiovascular events

To analyze metabolic and hormonal disorders resulting from the association between obesity and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) syndrome that predispose to cardiovascular diseases and investigate the clinical benefits obtained from treatment approaches for both conditions.A literature review between 1997 and 2017 was conducted in the PubMed search database.Obesity is the most important risk factor for OSA, and the progressive increase in its...