all study subjects were from the ongoing , prospective , population - based korean genome and epidemiology study ( koges ) cohort .
the original study was designed to establish a representative adult cohort in an urban area , the city of ansan , and to identify the epidemiologic characteristics , frequency , and determinants of chronic diseases in koreans .
initially , 5,015 participants ( 2,521 men and 2,494 women 4069 years old ) who participated in a comprehensive health examination and onsite interviews at korea university ansan hospital formed a longitudinal cohort from june 2001 to january 2003 .
, subjects signed an informed consent form , which was approved by the human subjects review committee at the korea university ansan hospital .
the fifth biennial examination was conducted from march 2009 to february 2011 and the sixth examination from march 2011 to february 2013 .
polysomnography ( psg ) was included randomly in the study protocol in september 2009 in about one - half of the koges participants .
although psg will be administered to the entire study population during the 4-year period , the present study includes only the subset of the sample with psg data acquired between september 2009 and november 2011 . after excluding the subjects who had missing data and extreme outliers of glucose concentrations , 1,344 subjects ( 706 men and 638 women )
further details from the protocol and design of the koges are described elsewhere ( 11 ) .
all participants responded to an interviewer - administered questionnaire and underwent a comprehensive physical examination .
lifestyle characteristics were smoking status and alcohol consumption categorized as never , former , and current .
level of exercise was categorized as never , lightly ( <3 times / week , 30 min / session ) , or regularly ( 3 times / week , 30 min / session ) during the previous month .
the presence of chronic illnesses , including diabetes , hypertension , dyslipidemia , and cardiovascular disease ( cvd ) , was noted as were prescribed medications .
subjects with documented events or medical records of myocardial infarction , angina , heart failure , stroke , or peripheral artery disease were considered to have cvd .
diabetes was defined by american diabetes association criteria , using a 75-g oral glucose tolerance test ( fasting plasma glucose [ fpg ] 7.0
mmol / l ) , and medical history ( 12 ) . for subjects without diabetes ,
glucose tolerance status was assessed by american diabetes association criteria ( 12 ) as follows : ifg only ( 5.6  fpg
mmol / l ) , and ifg + igt ( 5.6  fpg < 7.0 mmol / l and 7.8  2hpg < 11.1
hypertension was defined as systolic blood pressure 140 mmhg , diastolic blood pressure 90 mmhg , or medical history ( 13 ) .
height and body weight were measured to the nearest 0.1 cm and 0.1 kg , respectively .
wc was measured at the midpoint between the lower rib margin and the iliac crest in the standing position .
obesity was defined as bmi 25 kg / m according to the asian - specific bmi cutoffs from the world health organization report ( 14 ) .
plasma glucose , serum triglycerides , hdl cholesterol , and ldl cholesterol levels were measured with an autoanalyzer ( advia 1650 ; siemens , tarrytown , ny ) .
insulin was measured with an immunoradiometric assay kit ( ins - irma kit ; biosource , nivelles , belgium ) using a packard  counter system .
insulin resistance was estimated with the homeostasis model of assessment for insulin resistance ( homa - ir ) and calculated as fasting glucose ( mmol / l )  fasting insulin ( u / ml ) / 22.5 .
homa -cell function ( homa- ) ( % ) was calculated as 20  fasting insulin ( u / ml ) / fasting glucose ( mmol / l )  3.5 ( 15 ) . for subjects who participated in the fifth biennial examination ( n = 820 ) , single - slice computed tomography ( ct ) scanning ( brilliance 64 ; philips , cleveland , oh )
the scans were conducted at 120 kv with a slice thickness of 5 mm at the level of the l4l5 vertebral interspace .
the total area of intra - abdominal fat was delineated by manual tracing within the muscle wall , and the visceral fat area ( vfa ) was defined as an area with an attenuation range between 190 and 30 hounsfield units .
overnight sleep study was performed at home with a portable device ( embletta x100 ; embla systems , san carlos , ca ) .
two trained sleep technologists visited each subject s home in the evening , applied sensors , and instructed the subject on how to start and stop the recording .
subjects were required to record the lights - off and -on times and to report them the next morning .
recording channels were one for electroencephalography ( c4a1 ) , one for electrooculography ( right upper outer canthus to left lower outer canthus ) , one for chin electromyography , one for modified lead ii electrocardiography , one for airflow from nasal airflow pressure transducer , two for respiratory effort from chest and abdominal respiratory inductance plethysmography , one pulse oximeter , and one position sensor .
data were scored by two well - trained technicians who had 5 years of experience with psg monitoring and scoring according to standard guidelines ( 16,17 ) . internal consistency for scoring
the apnea - hypopnea index ( ahi ) was high ( cronbach  = 0.996 and 1.00 for each rater ) , and interrater reliability was strong ( cronbach  = 0.998 ) .
although we did not perform a validity study to compare psg recordings obtained in the home and laboratory settings , the sleep heart health study clearly demonstrated that the median respiratory disturbance index was similar in the unattended home and attended laboratory settings , with differences of a small magnitude in some sleep parameters ( 18 ) .
obstructive apnea was defined when airflow dropped by 90% of the baseline with ongoing chest and abdominal movement , and hypopnea was defined as a reduction in airflow by 30% associated with at least a 4% oxygen desaturation .
the duration threshold for the respiratory events was 10 s. ahi was calculated , and osa was defined as an ahi 5 ( 1,16,19 ) .
daytime sleepiness was assessed with the epworth sleepiness scale ( ess ) ( 20 ) , a well - validated and frequently used subjective eight - item , self - administered questionnaire .
subjects were asked to score the likelihood of falling asleep in eight different situations with different levels of stimulation .
the higher the ess score , the greater propensity for sleepiness implied . in the current study , eds was defined as ess scores > 10 ( 20 ) .
subject characteristics at baseline were compared among groups stratified by the presence or absence of osa and obesity by student t test for continuous variables and  test for categorical variables .
nonnormally distributed variables , such as hba1c , homa - ir , homa- , ahi , and triglyceride level , are presented as the median and interquartile range for each group , and the differences were tested after logarithmic transformation .
variables associated with glucose metabolism were compared by ancova after adjusting for age , sex , and bmi among the groups stratified by osa and obesity . for ancova , we confirmed the homogeneity of the slope between the covariates and the dependent variables in subjects with or without osa .
the interaction term for osa and obesity on homa- was calculated to determine whether the association between osa and homa- was modified by obesity status . to exclude the potential confounding effect of medication for diabetes or dyslipidemia on glucose metabolism
, the same analyses were repeated after excluding subjects who were taking these medications . to evaluate the impact of osa on ifg only , igt only , ifg + igt , and diabetes according to the presence or absence of obesity ,
the following five models were fit for each outcome : model 1 was adjusted for age and sex ; model 2 was adjusted for age , sex , alcohol consumption , smoking status , exercise , presence of hypertension or cvd , and medication for dyslipidemia ; model 3 was the same as model 2 and adjusted for bmi ; model 4 was the same as model 2 and adjusted for wc ; and model 5 was the same as model 2 and adjusted for vfa in subjects who underwent abdominal ct scan . to exclude the potential confounding effect of medication for diabetes or dyslipidemia on glucose metabolism
odds ratios ( ors ) for ifg only , igt only , ifg + igt , and diabetes were calculated according to the tertile of ahi to demonstrate the dose - response relationship .
in addition , to examine the additive effect of eds and osa on glucose metabolism , ors for ifg only , igt only , ifg + igt , and diabetes were evaluated in subjects with osa according to the presence or absence of eds compared with those without osa . for logistic regression
these models showed no evidence of lack of fit according to the hosmer - lemeshow statistic .
all statistical analyses were performed with sas version 9.1 for windows software ( sas institute inc . , cary , nc ) .
all participants responded to an interviewer - administered questionnaire and underwent a comprehensive physical examination .
lifestyle characteristics were smoking status and alcohol consumption categorized as never , former , and current .
level of exercise was categorized as never , lightly ( <3 times / week , 30 min / session ) , or regularly ( 3 times / week , 30 min / session ) during the previous month .
the presence of chronic illnesses , including diabetes , hypertension , dyslipidemia , and cardiovascular disease ( cvd ) , was noted as were prescribed medications .
subjects with documented events or medical records of myocardial infarction , angina , heart failure , stroke , or peripheral artery disease were considered to have cvd .
diabetes was defined by american diabetes association criteria , using a 75-g oral glucose tolerance test ( fasting plasma glucose [ fpg ] 7.0 mmol / l or 2-h plasma glucose [ 2hpg ] 11.1
mmol / l ) , and medical history ( 12 ) . for subjects without diabetes ,
glucose tolerance status was assessed by american diabetes association criteria ( 12 ) as follows : ifg only ( 5.6  fpg
mmol / l ) , igt only ( fpg < 5.6 mmol / l and 7.8  2hpg < 11.1
mmol / l ) , and ifg + igt ( 5.6  fpg < 7.0 mmol / l and 7.8  2hpg < 11.1
hypertension was defined as systolic blood pressure 140 mmhg , diastolic blood pressure 90 mmhg , or medical history ( 13 ) .
height and body weight were measured to the nearest 0.1 cm and 0.1 kg , respectively .
wc was measured at the midpoint between the lower rib margin and the iliac crest in the standing position .
obesity was defined as bmi 25 kg / m according to the asian - specific bmi cutoffs from the world health organization report ( 14 ) .
plasma glucose , serum triglycerides , hdl cholesterol , and ldl cholesterol levels were measured with an autoanalyzer ( advia 1650 ; siemens , tarrytown , ny ) .
insulin was measured with an immunoradiometric assay kit ( ins - irma kit ; biosource , nivelles , belgium ) using a packard  counter system .
insulin resistance was estimated with the homeostasis model of assessment for insulin resistance ( homa - ir ) and calculated as fasting glucose ( mmol / l )  fasting insulin ( u / ml ) / 22.5 .
homa -cell function ( homa- ) ( % ) was calculated as 20  fasting insulin ( u / ml ) / fasting glucose ( mmol / l )  3.5 ( 15 ) .
for subjects who participated in the fifth biennial examination ( n = 820 ) , single - slice computed tomography ( ct ) scanning ( brilliance 64 ; philips , cleveland , oh ) was used to quantify intra - abdominal adipose tissue .
the scans were conducted at 120 kv with a slice thickness of 5 mm at the level of the l4l5 vertebral interspace .
the total area of intra - abdominal fat was delineated by manual tracing within the muscle wall , and the visceral fat area ( vfa ) was defined as an area with an attenuation range between 190 and 30 hounsfield units .
overnight sleep study was performed at home with a portable device ( embletta x100 ; embla systems , san carlos , ca ) .
two trained sleep technologists visited each subject s home in the evening , applied sensors , and instructed the subject on how to start and stop the recording .
subjects were required to record the lights - off and -on times and to report them the next morning .
recording channels were one for electroencephalography ( c4a1 ) , one for electrooculography ( right upper outer canthus to left lower outer canthus ) , one for chin electromyography , one for modified lead ii electrocardiography , one for airflow from nasal airflow pressure transducer , two for respiratory effort from chest and abdominal respiratory inductance plethysmography , one pulse oximeter , and one position sensor .
data were scored by two well - trained technicians who had 5 years of experience with psg monitoring and scoring according to standard guidelines ( 16,17 ) . internal consistency for scoring
the apnea - hypopnea index ( ahi ) was high ( cronbach  = 0.996 and 1.00 for each rater ) , and interrater reliability was strong ( cronbach  = 0.998 ) . although we did not perform a validity study to compare psg recordings obtained in the home and laboratory settings , the sleep heart health study clearly demonstrated that the median respiratory disturbance index was similar in the unattended home and attended laboratory settings , with differences of a small magnitude in some sleep parameters ( 18 ) .
obstructive apnea was defined when airflow dropped by 90% of the baseline with ongoing chest and abdominal movement , and hypopnea was defined as a reduction in airflow by 30% associated with at least a 4% oxygen desaturation .
the duration threshold for the respiratory events was 10 s. ahi was calculated , and osa was defined as an ahi 5 ( 1,16,19 ) .
daytime sleepiness was assessed with the epworth sleepiness scale ( ess ) ( 20 ) , a well - validated and frequently used subjective eight - item , self - administered questionnaire .
subjects were asked to score the likelihood of falling asleep in eight different situations with different levels of stimulation .
the higher the ess score , the greater propensity for sleepiness implied . in the current study
subject characteristics at baseline were compared among groups stratified by the presence or absence of osa and obesity by student t test for continuous variables and  test for categorical variables .
nonnormally distributed variables , such as hba1c , homa - ir , homa- , ahi , and triglyceride level , are presented as the median and interquartile range for each group , and the differences were tested after logarithmic transformation .
variables associated with glucose metabolism were compared by ancova after adjusting for age , sex , and bmi among the groups stratified by osa and obesity . for ancova
, we confirmed the homogeneity of the slope between the covariates and the dependent variables in subjects with or without osa .
the interaction term for osa and obesity on homa- was calculated to determine whether the association between osa and homa- was modified by obesity status . to exclude the potential confounding effect of medication for diabetes or dyslipidemia on glucose metabolism
, the same analyses were repeated after excluding subjects who were taking these medications . to evaluate the impact of osa on ifg only , igt only , ifg + igt , and diabetes according to the presence or absence of obesity , multivariate logistic regression analyses were conducted . in the analysis ,
the following five models were fit for each outcome : model 1 was adjusted for age and sex ; model 2 was adjusted for age , sex , alcohol consumption , smoking status , exercise , presence of hypertension or cvd , and medication for dyslipidemia ; model 3 was the same as model 2 and adjusted for bmi ; model 4 was the same as model 2 and adjusted for wc ; and model 5 was the same as model 2 and adjusted for vfa in subjects who underwent abdominal ct scan . to exclude the potential confounding effect of medication for diabetes or dyslipidemia on glucose metabolism
odds ratios ( ors ) for ifg only , igt only , ifg + igt , and diabetes were calculated according to the tertile of ahi to demonstrate the dose - response relationship .
in addition , to examine the additive effect of eds and osa on glucose metabolism , ors for ifg only , igt only , ifg + igt , and diabetes were evaluated in subjects with osa according to the presence or absence of eds compared with those without osa . for logistic regression , we calculated adjusted r and hosmer - lemeshow statistics to assess model adequacy .
these models showed no evidence of lack of fit according to the hosmer - lemeshow statistic .
all statistical analyses were performed with sas version 9.1 for windows software ( sas institute inc . , cary , nc ) .
table 1 shows the characteristics of the participants stratified by the presence or absence of osa and obesity .
about 36.6% of nonobese and 58.2% of obese subjects had osa . however , the severity of osa was mostly mild and moderate ( 27 , 8.8 , and 0.8% of nonobese and 38.4 , 14.6 , and 5.2% obese subjects had mild , moderate , and severe osa , respectively ) . among 396 subjects with diabetes , 351 had a history of diabetes of whom 142 were treated with oral hypoglycemic agents ( n = 140 ) or insulin ( n = 4 ) .
subjects with osa were older and had a higher 2hpg , hba1c , bmi , wc , vfa , and homa - ir than those without osa , regardless of obesity . in the nonobese group , subjects with osa had higher fpg and triglyceride levels and lower homa- and hdl cholesterol levels than those without osa .
the proportion of ifg + igt and diabetes was higher according to osa status in nonobese subjects , whereas only the prevalence of diabetes was higher in obese subjects with osa .
characteristics of subjects according to the presence or absence of obesity and osa table 2 presents the age- , sex- , and bmi - adjusted values for glucose metabolism according to osa and obesity status . in the nonobese group , fpg , 2hpg , and hba1c levels
were significantly higher , and homa - ir was modestly higher in those with osa than in those without osa .
however , in the obese group , only insulin and homa - ir levels were associated with osa .
although not statistically significant , homa- was lower in nonobese subjects with osa than in those without osa but higher in obese subjects with osa than in those without osa .
therefore , a significant interaction between osa and obesity was observed for homa- ( p = 0.025 ) . after excluding subjects who were taking medication for diabetes or dyslipidemia , in the nonobese group , fpg and 2hpg
were still higher in those with osa than in those without . on the contrary , in the obese group , although glucose concentrations were not different , insulin , homa - ir , homa- were higher in those with osa than in those without ( supplementary table 1 ) .
variables associated with glucose metabolism according to obesity and osa status after adjusting for age , sex , and bmi multivariate logistic regression analyses were conducted to investigate the effects of osa on glucose metabolism according to obesity status ( table 3 ) . in subjects without obesity ,
the presence of osa showed higher ors for ifg + igt and diabetes , even after adjusting for several confounding variables , including bmi or wc .
osa was significantly associated with diabetes even after adjusting for vfa in nonobese subjects . in an analysis to show the dose - response relationship , nonobese subjects with the highest ahi tertile had the highest ors for ifg + igt or diabetes ( supplementary table 2 ) .
in contrast , in those with obesity , none of the abnormal glucose categories was associated with osa .
these findings were consistent even after excluding subjects who were taking medication for diabetes or dyslipidemia ( supplementary table 3 ) .
association between osa and abnormal glucose metabolism according to obesity status supplementary table 4 shows the joint effect of osa and eds on glucose tolerance categories . in the nonobese group , compared with subjects without osa , nonsleepy subjects with osa had higher ors for diabetes , but sleepy subjects with osa had the highest ors for diabetes ( hazard ratio 5.78 [ 95% ci 2.0516.3 ] ) .
in this large community - based cohort study , we demonstrated the differential association between osa and impaired glucose metabolism according to the presence of obesity . of note
, osa was significantly associated with abnormal glucose metabolism in nonobese subjects , even after adjusting for several confounding variables , including generalized or visceral adiposity . to our knowledge , this study is the first to show that the impact of osa on glucose metabolism is more evident in the nonobese than in the obese population .
we also clearly demonstrated that in the nonobese group , fpg , 2hpg , and hba1c were significantly higher and that homa - ir was modestly higher in subjects with osa than in those without .
the only previous study to analyze the effect of osa according to obesity status was the sleep heart health study , where the association between osa and abnormal glucose metabolism was not different between the nonoverweight and overweight / obese groups ( 3 ) .
we can hypothesize that osa may have a lesser impact on glucose metabolism in obese than in nonobese individuals because of preexisting derangements in those who are obese . in accordance with this theory , the improvement of insulin sensitivity in patients with osa receiving cpap therapy was minimal in those with a bmi of > 30 kg / m , whereas it was more prominent in those with less obesity ( 5 ) .
( 21 ) demonstrated that the acute intermittent hypoxia caused insulin resistance and increased secretion of leptin and tumor necrosis factor- in lean mice .
however , obesity was associated with striking increases in leptin and tumor necrosis factor- levels , which overwhelmed the effects of hypoxia . on the contrary , drager et al .
( 22 ) showed that the effect of chronic intermittent hypoxia on glucose intolerance , inflammation , and oxidative stress was prominent in obese mice but not in lean mice .
the causes of these contradictory findings are not clear ; however , the metabolic and proinflammatory responses to acute and chronic intermittent hypoxia may be different .
an alternative hypothesis may be a presence or absence of eds in subjects with osa .
eds is reportedly associated with hyperglycemia and insulin resistance in subjects with osa ( 23,24 ) .
intermittent hypoxemia has been shown to result in disturbed sleep architecture or to damage neuronal structures that promote wakefulness in animal models ( 25 ) . indeed ,
higher degrees of hypoxemia predict both sleepiness and insulin resistance ( 1,26 ) . according to these studies
, we can expect that the effect of hypoxemia on glucose metabolism may be more evident in patients with osa and eds .
in the current study , we demonstrated that the joint effect of osa and eds on the or for diabetes was highly significant only in nonobese subjects .
therefore , the differential impact of eds on glucose metabolism according to obesity status may be responsible for the discrepant effect of osa in subjects with or without obesity in the current study .
the association between homa - ir and osa was similar in subjects with and without obesity , as seen in previous research ( 1,3,27 ) .
however , few studies have evaluated insulin secretion according to osa status . recently , in healthy young men without diabetes and obesity ( most of them caucasian ) , subjects with osa had increased insulin resistance and compensatory hyperinsulinemia ( 10 ) . in the current study , however , homa- was lower in nonobese subjects with osa than in those without osa but was higher in obese subjects .
this finding was more evident in obese subjects after excluding those taking medication for diabetes or dyslipidemia and suggests that inadequate insulin secretion against the increased insulin resistance may be responsible for the abnormal glucose metabolism in nonobese individuals , which is characteristic for diabetes in asians ( 28,29 ) . on the contrary , increased insulin secretion in response to insulin resistance in obese individuals with osa may explain why glucose metabolism is less impaired by osa .
however , the hyperinsulinemic - euglycemic clamp technique should be used to further explore the mechanisms of the impairment of glucose metabolism by osa .
therefore , the prevalence of metabolically obese normal weight ( monw ) individuals who have not only a normal bmi , but also a cluster of obesity - related risk factors for diabetes and cvd is reportedly higher in asians ( 30,31 ) .
higher levels of inflammatory adipokines and atherogenic ldl profiles in monw individuals ( 32,33 ) may mediate the increase in cvd and mortality in this population ( 34 ) .
the finding that a worse cardiometabolic profile was more prominent in nonobese subjects with osa in the current study supports the notion that these individuals may have similar characteristics as those with monw .
although the relationship between osa and abnormal glucose metabolism has been demonstrated in several previous studies ( 1,2,35 ) , a few have evaluated the association between osa and distinct prediabetic groups ( ifg and/or igt ) , where sleep - disordered breathing was associated with occult diabetes , ifg only , ifg + igt ( 3 ) , or glucose intolerance ( 1,35 ) in population and clinic - based studies . subjects with ifg had a greater impairment of early phase insulin secretion and increased endogenous glucose output , whereas igt was associated with peripheral insulin resistance ( 36 ) . in the current study , however , osa was associated with neither ifg only nor igt only .
because more severe metabolic abnormalities are present in individuals with ifg + igt , diabetes develops more rapidly and unfavorable cardiovascular risk factors and mortality are increased compared with individuals with ifg only or igt only ( 3638 ) . from this point of view , the significant association between osa and ifg + igt in the current study suggests that subjects with osa are at a greater risk for developing diabetes and cvd and have a higher risk of mortality .
compared with previous studies , which had several methodological limitations in terms of the study population ( 39,40 ) or lacked rigorous control for numerous confounders , especially obesity , the current study used a large community - based sample and differentiated the effect of osa according to the presence of obesity in addition to adjustment for generalized or visceral obesity .
another strength of the current study was the evaluation of osa status during sleep at home , which provides a more realistic estimation of osa severity than hospital - based studies because of the maintenance of regular daily habits of sleep , physical activity , and diet in the general population .
the major limitation of the current study was its cross - sectional design , which makes it difficult to determine whether there is a causal relationship between osa and impaired glucose metabolism . secondly , because we did not have a sufficient number of subjects with severe osa ( ahi 30 ) , it is unclear whether the present findings would be consistent in those with severe osa .
however , the positive association between the ahi tertile and glucose tolerance categories in the nonobese group supports a dose - response relationship .
in addition , the small numerical , but significant differences of some metabolic variables between those with and without osa would be more evident if we had more subjects with severe osa .
however , the analysis of the association between ahi tertile and glucose tolerance categories showed that subjects with the third ahi tertile had the highest or for ifg + igt and diabetes in the nonobese group , which supports a dose - response relationship ( data not shown )
. finally , because bmi and body fat distribution in this population are different from other ethnicities , the present findings may not be generalizable to non - asian populations . in summary ,
the current study provides original evidence that the presence of mild to moderate osa in nonobese individuals confers a higher risk for impaired glucose metabolism , even after adjusting for important risk factors .
osa can be responsible for the future risk for diabetes and cvd in nonobese individuals , whereas the prognostic implication of osa in obese individuals is unclear .
whether this finding is universal across different populations with diverse ethnicity and obesity status should be studied in the future .
 objectivethe purpose of this study was to investigate whether the impact of obstructive sleep apnea ( osa ) on glucose metabolism was different according to the presence or absence of obesity.research design and methodsa total of 1,344 subjects > 40 years old from the korean genome and epidemiology study were included . 
 osa was detected by home portable sleep monitoring . 
 plasma glucose , hba1c , and insulin resistance were compared according to osa and obesity status . 
 the associations between osa and impaired fasting glucose ( ifg ) , impaired glucose tolerance ( igt ) , ifg + igt , and diabetes were evaluated in subjects with and without obesity after adjusting for several confounding variables . 
 the effect of visceral obesity on this association was evaluated in 820 subjects who underwent abdominal computed tomography scanning.resultsin subjects without obesity , fasting glucose , 2-h glucose after 75-g glucose loading , and hba1c were higher in those with osa than in those without after controlling for age , sex , and bmi . 
 in addition , the presence of osa in nonobese subjects was associated with a higher prevalence of ifg + igt and diabetes after adjusting for several confounding variables ( odds ratio 3.15 [ 95% ci 1.446.90 ] and 2.24 [ 1.433.50 ] for ifg + igt and diabetes , respectively ) . 
 further adjustment for visceral fat area did not modify this association . 
 in contrast , in those with obesity , none of the abnormal glucose tolerance categories were associated with osa.conclusionsthe presence of osa in nonobese individuals is significantly associated with impaired glucose metabolism , which can be responsible for future risk for diabetes and cardiovascular disease . 