Eight Hours of Nightly Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Improves Glucose Metabolism in Patients with Prediabetes. A Randomized Controlled Trial

In patients with prediabetes, 8-hour nightly CPAP treatment for 2 weeks improves glucose metabolism compared with placebo. Thus, CPAP treatment may be beneficial for metabolic risk reduction. Clinical trial registered with www.clinicaltrials.gov (NCT 01156116).