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16543905

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-6-21
pubmed:abstractText
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) causes secondary hypertension. However, the reasons why the prevalence of hypertension among OSA patients varies widely (35-70%) are not clear. We sought to investigate the phenotypic characteristics of patients with and without hypertension among OSA patients who were matched for disease severity. We studied 152 OSA patients (76 normotensive and 76 hypertensive) diagnosed by polysomnography. Detailed phenotypic characteristics, including laboratorial analysis, were determined in all patients. Univariate analysis followed by multiple logistic regression analysis was used to identify variables that were independently associated with hypertension. The apnea-hypopnea index in normotensive and hypertensive patients was similar (48+/-26 and 48+/-26 events/h, respectively) as well as minimum arterial oxygen saturation (76+/-10 and 75+/-10%, respectively) and total sleep time with oxyhaemoglobin saturation <90% (25+/-25 and 28+/-26%, respectively). Hypertensive patients were older (57+/-11 vs 47+/-12 years; P<0.001), had a higher body mass index (BMI; 34+/-7 vs 30+/-5 kg/m(2); P<0.001), had a higher frequency of women (37 vs 8%; P<0.001), had a higher incidence of diabetes (25 vs 6%; P=0.002) and a higher family history of hypertension (75 vs 42%; P=0.01) than did the normotensive patients. Multiple logistic regression analysis indicated that age (P=0.004), familial history of hypertension (P=0.004), BMI (P=0.04) and female sex (P=0.03) were the independent variables associated with hypertension. We concluded that increasing age and BMI, familial history of hypertension as well as female gender are phenotypic characteristics associated with hypertension among OSA patients with similar disease severity.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0950-9240
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
20
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
523-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Phenotypic characteristics associated with hypertension in patients with obstructive sleep apnea.
pubmed:affiliation
Hypertension Unit, Heart Institute (InCor), University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil. luciano.drager@incor.usp.br
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article