Mild obstructive sleep apnea increases hypertension risk, challenging traditional severity classification
- 15 June 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) in Sleep Medicine
- Vol. 16 (6), 889-898
- https://doi.org/10.5664/jcsm.8354
Abstract
The association of mild obstructive sleep apnoea (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 Apnoea Database (ESADA) cohort. In a multicentre sample of 4732 patients we analyzed the risk of mild OSA (sub-classified into two groups: mildAHI 5- (apnoea-hypopnoea frequency/hour [AHI] 5 to AHI 11-OSA (AHI ≥11 to AHI 11- OSA group compared with the mildAHI 5- group and non-apnoeic snorers (52 vs 45 vs 30%, pAHI 11-, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.49-2.15) and 1.558 (mildAHI 5-, 95%, CI 1.34-1.82), respectively; pAHI 11- OSA remained a significant predictor for SAH both in PG (OR = 1.779, 95% CI 1.403-2.256; p<0.001) and PSG group (OR = 1.424, 95% CI 1.047-1.939; p=0.025). Our data suggest a dose response relationship between mild OSA and SAH risk, starting from 5 events/hour in PG-recordings and continuing with a further risk increase in the 11 to <15 range. These findings potentially introduce a challenge to traditional thresholds of OSA severity and may help to stratify OSA patients according to cardiovascular risk.Keywords
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