title: [Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in a population of apneic patients: a prospective study with cardiovascular risk estimation].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is a highly prevalent clinical condition and frequently associated with obesity. Recent literature has suggested the independent contribution of OSAS in the pathogenesis of metabolic disturbances. Metabolic syndrome (MS), a cardiovascular risk factor, was frequently associated with OSAS.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is a prospective study without intervention. Will be included, all consecutive patients referred to the Department of Pulmonology for suspected OSAS confirmed by respiratory polygraphy. Anthropometric, clinical and biological parameters needed to define the MS will be collected. MS was defined according to the IDF 2005. Assessment of cardiovascular risk related to MS will be performed by appropriate scores.
  
  
  RESULTS
  To determine the prevalence of MS in a sample of OSAS patients recruited in the Department of Pulmonology of Farhat Hached Hospital (Sousse, Tunisia). To identify risk factors independently associated with the presence of MS in patients with OSAS among the following parameters (age, gender, degree of obesity and the various parameters of OSAS severity). To assess compared cardiovascular risks according to the presence of MS by validated scales to demonstrate the impact of MS in patients with OSAS.
authors.affiliation: Service de pneumologie, EPS Farhat Hached, 1, rue Ibn El Jazzar, 4000 Sousse, Tunisie.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ben Jazia
authors.affiliation: Service de pneumologie, EPS Farhat Hached, 1, rue Ibn El Jazzar, 4000 Sousse, Tunisie.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ben Salem
authors.affiliation: Service de pneumologie, EPS Farhat Hached, 1, rue Ibn El Jazzar, 4000 Sousse, Tunisie.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gargouri
authors.affiliation: Service de pneumologie, EPS Farhat Hached, 1, rue Ibn El Jazzar, 4000 Sousse, Tunisie.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aissa
authors.affiliation: Service de pneumologie, EPS Farhat Hached, 1, rue Ibn El Jazzar, 4000 Sousse, Tunisie.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Garrouche
authors.affiliation: Service de pneumologie, EPS Farhat Hached, 1, rue Ibn El Jazzar, 4000 Sousse, Tunisie.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hayouni
authors.affiliation: Service de pneumologie, EPS Farhat Hached, 1, rue Ibn El Jazzar, 4000 Sousse, Tunisie.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Benzarti
authors.affiliation: Service de réanimation médicale, EPS Farhat Hached, 4000 Sousse, Tunisie; Unité de recherche : prévention secondaire après infarctus du myocarde, n(o) 04/UR/08-18, faculté de médecine Ibn El Jazzar de Sousse, Sousse, Tunisie.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Boussarsar
authors.affiliation: Service de pneumologie, EPS Farhat Hached, 1, rue Ibn El Jazzar, 4000 Sousse, Tunisie; Unité de recherche : prévention secondaire après infarctus du myocarde, n(o) 04/UR/08-18, faculté de médecine Ibn El Jazzar de Sousse, Sousse, Tunisie. Electronic address: ahmed.abdelghani@rns.tn.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abdelghani
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D011446:Prospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D020181:Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014416:Tunisia / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: Cardiovascular risk; Metabolic syndrome; OSAS; Obesity; Obésité; Prevalence; Prévalence; Risque cardiovasculaire; Syndrome d’apnées obstructives du sommeil; Syndrome métabolique