| Grant number: | 15/03274-0 |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |
| Start date: | June 01, 2015 |
| End date: | February 28, 2019 |
| Field of knowledge: | Biological Sciences - Physiology - General Physiology |
| Agreement: | Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES) |
| Principal Investigator: | Ivani Credidio Trombetta |
| Grantee: | Felipe Xerez Cepêda Fonseca |
| Host Institution: | Instituto do Coração Professor Euryclides de Jesus Zerbini (INCOR). Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da USP (HCFMUSP). Secretaria da Saúde (São Paulo - Estado). São Paulo , SP, Brazil |
| Associated scholarship(s): | 16/16831-7 - Metabolic/inflammatory markers and sympatho-vagal balance in patients with metabolic syndrome and obstructive sleep apnea: effect of hypocaloric diet and exercise training, BE.EP.DR |
Abstract Background. The association of metabolic syndrome (MetS) and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) impairs sympathovagal balance. However, the mechanisms are not completely understood. Metabolic and inflammatory alterations can be candidates to explain, at least in part, this impairment. Objectives. We will investigate: 1) The overlap of OSA in MetS has an additive effect on metabolic and inflammatory alterations; 2) The association among these alterations and sympathovagal balance; and 3) The effect of hypocaloric diet and exercise training (D+ET) in MetS risk factors, severity of OSA, sympathovagal balance and inflammatory and metabolic markers in patients with MetS. Methods. MetS patients (ATP-III) will be divided into MetS+OSA and MetS-OSA and randomized in to: D+ET (D, a decrease of 500 kcal/day, and ET, 3session/week, 50-70% VO2peak) or control period (no intervention) during 4 months. We will evaluate OSA (polysomnography), functional capacity (cardiopulmonary exercise test), sympathovagal balance (heart rate variability), muscle sympathetic nerve activity (microneurography), insulin resistance (oral glucose/insulin test tolerance and HOMA), leptin and adiponectin levels, TNF-±, protein C-reactive, IL-1B and IL-6. Main Outcomes. 1) Clarify the influence of metabolic and inflammatory alterations over the sympathovagal control; and 2) The effect of D+TF in decreasing risk factors for MetS, severity of OSA, sympathovagal balance, and their possible association with the improvement of metabolic and inflammatory markers, especially in patients with OSA. (AU) | |
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