Relationship between Aldosterone and the Metabolic Syndrome in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Hypopnea Syndrome: Effect of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Treatment

Antonia Barceló; Javier Piérola; Cristina Esquinas; Mónica de la Peña; Meritxell Arqué; Alberto Alonso-Fernández; Josep Miquel Bauçà; Juan Robles; Bernardino Barceló; Ferran Barbé

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0084362

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Relationship between Aldosterone and the Metabolic Syndrome in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Hypopnea Syndrome: Effect of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Treatment

Antonia Barceló ,

* E-mail: Antonia.barcelo@ssib.es

Affiliations Servei d'Anàlisis Cliniques, Hospital Universitari Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca; Servei de Pneumologia, Spain, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Mallorca, Illes Balears, Spain
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Javier Piérola,

Affiliations Unitat d'Investigació Hospital Universitari Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca; Servei de Pneumologia, Spain, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Mallorca, Illes Balears, Spain
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Cristina Esquinas,

Affiliation Hospital Arnau de Vilanova/Santa Maria, Lleida, Spain
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Mónica de la Peña,

Affiliations Pneumologia, Hospital Universitari Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca; Servei de Pneumologia, Spain, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Mallorca, Illes Balears, Spain
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Meritxell Arqué,

Affiliations Unitat d'Investigació Hospital Universitari Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca; Servei de Pneumologia, Spain, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Mallorca, Illes Balears, Spain
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Alberto Alonso-Fernández,

Affiliations Pneumologia, Hospital Universitari Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca; Servei de Pneumologia, Spain, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Mallorca, Illes Balears, Spain
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Josep Miquel Bauçà,

Affiliation Servei d'Anàlisis Cliniques, Hospital Universitari Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca; Servei de Pneumologia, Spain
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Juan Robles,

Affiliation Servei d'Anàlisis Cliniques, Hospital Universitari Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca; Servei de Pneumologia, Spain
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Bernardino Barceló,

Affiliation Servei d'Anàlisis Cliniques, Hospital Universitari Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca; Servei de Pneumologia, Spain
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Ferran Barbé

Affiliations Hospital Arnau de Vilanova/Santa Maria, Lleida, Spain, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Mallorca, Illes Balears, Spain
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Relationship between Aldosterone and the Metabolic Syndrome in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Hypopnea Syndrome: Effect of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Treatment

Antonia Barceló,
Javier Piérola,
Cristina Esquinas,
Mónica de la Peña,
Meritxell Arqué,
Alberto Alonso-Fernández,
Josep Miquel Bauçà,
Juan Robles,
Bernardino Barceló,
Ferran Barbé

Published: January 20, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0084362

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