Prospective Study of Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Incident Coronary Heart Disease and Heart Failure
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Implication
Prospective study reveals increased heart failure risk in middle-aged and older men with sleep apnea, highlighting targeted cardiac monitoring needs.
Key Points
- To evaluate the prospective relationship between obstructive sleep apnea and incident coronary heart disease and heart failure in middle-aged and older adults.
- Conducted a prospective cohort investigation among community-dwelling middle-aged and older men.
- Assessed obstructive sleep apnea at baseline and tracked subsequent incident heart failure and coronary heart disease events.
- Obstructive sleep apnea was significantly associated with an elevated risk of incident heart failure in middle-aged and older men.
- The prospective association between obstructive sleep apnea and incident coronary heart disease was equivocal in this cohort.
Cite This Study
Gottlieb et al. (2010) studied this question.