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Mediterranean-type Diet for Older Adults With Obstructive Sleep Apnea

NCT03514199 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2018-05-02

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Summary

The majority of the elderly present with sleep apnea and mortality is significantly higher in this group. Sleep apnea runs the risk of developing diseases, especially hypertension and cardiovascular disease, while the Mediterranean diet is associated with reduced risk.

No study evaluated the effect of the Mediterranean diet on the apnea and hypopnea index in the elderly. Therefore, the present work intends to evaluate the effect of the intervention with the Mediterranean diet on the apnea-hypopnea index in the elderly with moderate sleep apnea.

The hypothesis study is that the elderly with moderately severe sleep apnea under a Mediterranean-type diet will modify AHI in the short term, regardless of weight change, due to changes in body volume and ingestion, especially those related to body water.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Mediterranean-type diet

Recommendations: ingest whole grains; three or more servings/day (various fresh fruits/vegetables); three or more servings/week of fish or seafood; white meat to red and processed meat (red meat to one serving or less/day); oilseed mix - 30g/day (nuts: 15g/day, almonds: 7.5g/day, hazelnuts: 7.5g/day); extra virgin olive oil (30ml/day: 2 soup spoons/day) as the main source of fat in the salads; two or more servings per week of "sofrito"; two servings/day of low-fat dairy products; limit to one serving/week the intake of fatty and cured cheeses; recommendation of 7 glasses per week of red wine (recommendation for habitual drinkers): 1 cup/day of 100ml for women and 1-2 cups/day of 150ml for men; limit to one serving/week the intake of chocolate with more than 50% cocoa.

OTHER

Low fat diet

Recommendations: choose grilled, cooked, baked or soaked preparations; avoid frying (sweet or salty); avoid excess fat in the preparations and season the foods with herbs at will (marjoram, basil, oregano, onion, green seasoning, sweet pepper, sage, etc.); avoid frequent ingestion of sausages such as ham, turkey breast, among others; avoid eating fatty meats and strip the skin of poultry before preparation; avoid eating sweets and fatty foods; avoid ingesting bakery products, such as leafy, tart, savory pasta.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Denis Martinez, PhD · Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-05-01
Primary Completion
2019-03-31
Completion
2019-12-31

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