Cumulative Association of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Severity and Short Sleep Duration with the Risk for Hypertension

Pascaline Priou, Marc Le Vaillant, Nicole Meslier, Audrey Paris, Thierry Pigeanne, Xuan-Lan Nguyen, Claire Alizon, Acya Bizieux-Thaminy, Laurene Leclair-Visonneau, Marie-Pierre Humeau, Frédéric Gagnadoux and for the IRSR sleep cohort Group

PLOS ONE, 2014, vol. 9, issue 12, 1-12

Abstract: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and short sleep duration are individually associated with an increased risk for hypertension (HTN). The aim of this multicenter cross-sectional study was to test the hypothesis of a cumulative association of OSA severity and short sleep duration with the risk for prevalent HTN. Among 1,499 patients undergoing polysomnography for suspected OSA, 410 (27.3%) previously diagnosed as hypertensive and taking antihypertensive medication were considered as having HTN. Patients with total sleep time (TST)

Date: 2014
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