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Prospective Study of Restless Legs Syndrome and Coronary Heart Disease Among Women

Author(s) -

Yanping Li,

Arthur S. Walters,

Stephanie E. Chiuve,

Eric B. Rimm,

John W. Winkelman,

Xiang Gao

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.112.112698

Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , confidence interval , prospective cohort study , myocardial infarction , relative risk , stroke (engine) , restless legs syndrome , cardiology , psychiatry , mechanical engineering , neurology , engineering

Previous cross-sectional studies suggested a positive association between restless legs syndrome (RLS) and coronary heart disease (CHD). This observation was not confirmed by subsequent prospective studies. However, these prospective studies did not take into account the duration of RLS symptoms. Therefore, we prospectively examined whether RLS was associated with an increased risk of CHD in women who participated in the Nurses' Health Study, taking into account the duration of RLS symptoms.

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