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Published on: December 6, 2016
Slow-wave sleep is associated with incident hypertension in patients with obstructive sleep apnea: a cross-sectional
Jing Zhang1, Yan Zhuang1,2, Nan-Sheng Wan1
1Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Objective:
This study aimed to examine the association between slow-wave sleep ([SWS] N3 stage) and the risk of hypertension in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) or primary snorers.
Methods:
A retrospective cross-sectional study of 1145 participants who were evaluated for suspected OSA at our Sleep Medical Center were included. Among these participants, 1022 had OSA and 123 were primary snorers. Logistic regression modeling was performed to evaluate the association between the prevalence of hypertension and combined OSA and SWS based on polysomnographic measurements.
Results:
Patients with OSA in the lowest SWS quartile (quartile 1, < 2.0%) showed a two-fold increased risk of hypertension after adjustment for confounding factors compared with primary snorers (odds ratio, 2.13 [95% confidence interval 1.54-2.06]). In logistic analysis stratified according to SWS quartiles, there was no significant difference in the risk of hypertension between patients with OSA and primary snorers in quartile 1. However, in the highest quartile (quartile 4), SWS was significantly associated with incident hypertension in patients with OSA rather than primary snorers.
Conclusion:
SWS is associated with prevalent hypertension in patients with OSA. Notably, a low proportion of SWS confers a stronger association with incident hypertension than OSA.
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