动脉硬化时阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停持续气道正压通气（CPAP)治疗作用

Article Outline

• Summary
• Abbreviations
• Introduction
• Materials and methods
  • Data collection
  • Types of studies, search terms, eligibility and exclusion criteria
  • Data extraction
  • Statistical analyses
    • Data synthesis and treatment effects
  • Heterogeneity – publication bias - meta-regression analysis
• Results
  • Characteristics of eligible studies
  • Meta-analyses
    • Effect of CPAP on arterial stiffness
  • Meta-regression analysis
• Discussion
• Conflict of interest
• Acknowledgments
• References∗∗The most important reference is denoted by an asterisk.
• Copyright

Summary 

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is associated with increased arterial stiffness, a cumulative indicator of arterial health. Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is the gold