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The effects of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) on NAFLD in patients with concomitant OSA are unknown.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objectives<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>To investigate the effects of autoadjusting CPAP versus subtherapeutic CPAP treatment over 6 months on NAFLD activities.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Patients with NAFLD and OSA, as defined by respiratory event index \u22655\/h diagnosed by a validated level 3 Embletta device, were randomized into group A) autoadjusting CPAP (4\u201320 cm H2O) or group B) subtherapeutic CPAP (pressure fixed at 4 cm H2O). The primary endpoint was the difference in changes in intrahepatic triglyceride as measured by proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy after 6 months of therapy. Key secondary endpoints included changes in controlled attenuation parameter (CAP) and liver stiffness measurement measured with transient elastography, and serum cytokeratin-18 fragment.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Measurements and Main Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A total of 120 patients were randomized equally into two groups. There were significant correlations between CAP and respiratory event index (r\u2009=\u20090.203, P\u2009=\u20090.026), percentage of total recording time with SaO2\u2009&amp;lt;\u200990% (r\u2009=\u20090.265, P\u2009=\u20090.003), and oxygen desaturation index (r\u2009=\u20090.214, P\u2009=\u20090.019). After 6 months of treatment, there were no significant differences of changes in primary and secondary endpoints between the two treatment groups. Regression analysis showed that weight change over 6 months correlated with changes in both intrahepatic triglyceride and CAP (P\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.001).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Despite significant correlations between hepatic steatosis and markers of severity of OSA, CPAP alone did not improve hepatic steatosis and fibrosis. 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