Mild obstructive sleep apnea increases hypertension risk, challenging traditional severity classification
Author(s) -
Izolde Bouloukaki,
Ludger Grote,
Walter T. McNicholas,
Jan Hedner,
Johan Verbraecken,
Gianfranco Parati,
Carolina Lombardi,
Özen K. Başoğlu,
Athanasia Pataka,
Oreste Marrone,
Paschalis Steiropoulos,
Maria R. Bonsignore,
Sophia Schiza
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of clinical sleep medicine
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.529
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1550-9397
pISSN - 1550-9389
DOI - 10.5664/jcsm.8354
Subject(s) - medicine , sleep medicine , university hospital , obstructive sleep apnea , respiratory medicine , family medicine , sleep disorder , surgery , psychiatry , insomnia
The association of mild obstructive sleep apnea (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 Apnea Database cohort.
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