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Duración del sueño corto y calcificación de la arteria coronaria incidente
Christopher Ryan King1, Kristen L Knutson, Paul J Rathouz
1Department of Health Studies, University of Chicago, 5841 S Maryland Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
JAMA
|December 26, 2008
Resumen
Una mayor duración del sueño medido está relacionada con una menor incidencia de calcificación de la arteria coronaria. Esta asociación se mantuvo significativa incluso después de tener en cuenta varios factores de riesgo y posibles mediadores.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Cardiología Cardiología.
- Medicina del sueño Medicina del sueño.
- La salud preventiva de la salud.
Sus antecedentes:
- La calcificación de la arteria coronaria (CAC) es un indicador clave de la enfermedad coronaria subclínica.
- La duración del sueño es cada vez más reconocida por su correlación con los factores de riesgo CAC establecidos.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Investigar la asociación entre las medidas objetivas y subjetivas del sueño y la incidencia a 5 años de CAC.
- Determinar si los factores de riesgo tradicionales de CAC median la relación entre el sueño y la incidencia de CAC.
Principales métodos:
- Un estudio de cohorte observacional de 495 adultos sanos de mediana edad del estudio de Desarrollo del Riesgo de la Arteria Coronaria en Adultos Jóvenes (CARDIA).
- La duración objetiva del sueño y la fragmentación se midieron mediante la actigrafía de muñeca.
- La CAC se evaluó mediante tomografía computarizada al inicio y al seguimiento de 5 años.
Principales resultados:
- Se observó una incidencia del 12,3% de nuevos CAC durante 5 años.
- Una mayor duración del sueño medido se asoció significativamente con una menor incidencia de CAC (aOR 0,67 por hora, P = 0,01).
- No se encontró una mediación significativa por los factores de riesgo CAC tradicionales.
Conclusiones:
- Una mayor duración del sueño medido se asocia de forma independiente con una menor incidencia de calcificación de la arteria coronaria.
- La duración del sueño puede ser un factor modificable en la prevención de la enfermedad coronaria.
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