Mild obstructive sleep apnea increases hypertension risk, challenging traditional severity classification

Mild obstructive sleep apnea increases hypertension risk, challenging traditional severity classification

The association of mild obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) with important clinical outcomes remains unclear. We aimed to investigate the association between mild OSA and systemic arterial hypertension (SAH) in the European Sleep Apnea Database cohort. In a multicenter sample of 4,732 participants, we ana...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of clinical sleep medicine 2020-06, Vol.16 (6), p.889-898
Hauptverfasser: Bouloukaki, Izolde, Grote, Ludger, McNicholas, Walter T, Hedner, Jan, Verbraecken, Johan, Parati, Gianfranco, Lombardi, Carolina, Basoglu, Ozen K, Pataka, Athanasia, Marrone, Oreste, Steiropoulos, Paschalis, Bonsignore, Marisa R, Schiza, Sophia E
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Sprache:eng
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Clinical Medicine
Klinisk medicin
Scientific Investigations
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Zusammenfassung:The association of mild obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) with important clinical outcomes remains unclear. We aimed to investigate the association between mild OSA and systemic arterial hypertension (SAH) in the European Sleep Apnea Database cohort. In a multicenter sample of 4,732 participants, we analyzed the risk of mild OSA (subclassified into 2 groups: mild (apnea-hypopnea index [AHI], 5 to
ISSN:1550-9389
1550-9397
DOI:10.5664/jcsm.8354