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American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine Vol 166. pp. 159-165, (2002)
© 2002 American Thoracic Society

Original Article

Increased Incidence of Cardiovascular Disease in Middle-aged Men with Obstructive Sleep Apnea

A 7-Year Follow-up

Yüksel Peker, Jan Hedner, Jeanette Norum, Holger Kraiczi and Jan Carlson

Sleep Laboratory, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden

Correspondence and requests for reprints should be addressed to Yüksel Peker, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, SE-413 45 Gothenburg, Sweden. E-mail: yuksel.peker{at}lungall.gu.se

The incidence of a cardiovascular disease (CVD) was explored in a consecutive sleep clinic cohort of 182 middle-aged men (mean age, 46.8 ± 9.3; range, 30–69 years in 1991) with or without obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). All subjects were free of hypertension or other CVD, pulmonary disease, diabetes mellitus, psychiatric disorder, alcohol dependency, as well as malignancy at baseline. Data were collected via the Swedish Hospital Discharge Register covering a 7-year period before December 31, 1998, as well as questionnaires. Effectiveness of OSA treatment initiated during the period as well as age, body mass index (BMI), systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP) at baseline, and smoking habits were controlled. The incidence of at least one CVD was observed in 22 of 60 (36.7%) cases with OSA (overnight oxygen desaturations of 30 or more) compared with in 8 of 122 (6.6%) subjects without OSA (p < 0.001). In a multiple logistic regression model, significant predictors of CVD incidence were OSA at baseline (odds ratio [OR] 4.9; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.8–13.6) and age (OR 23.4; 95% CI, 2.7–197.5) after adjustment for BMI, SBP, and DBP at baseline. In the OSA group, CVD incidence was observed in 21 of 37 (56.8%) incompletely treated cases compared with in 1 of 15 (6.7%) efficiently treated subjects (p < 0.001). In a multiple regression analysis, efficient treatment was associated with a significant risk reduction for CVD incidence (OR 0.1; 95% CI, 0.0–0.7) after adjustment for age and SBP at baseline in the OSA subjects. We conclude that the risk of developing CVD is increased in middle-aged OSA subjects independently of age, BMI, SBP, DBP, and smoking. Furthermore, efficient treatment of OSA reduces the excess CVD risk and may be considered also in relatively mild OSA without regard to daytime sleepiness.

Key Words: sleep apnea • cardiovascular • hypertension • risk factor




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