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Is sleep-disordered breathing associated with specific subtypes of hypertension depending on age?
Is sleep-disordered breathing associated with specific subtypes of hypertension depending on age?
Sleep-disordered breathing is strongly associated with systolic/diastolic hypertension specifically in individuals under 60, highlighting the importance of age and hypertension subtype in SDB screening.
May support age-specific SDB evaluation in combined hypertension; hypothesis-generating and requires longitudinal confirmation.
SDB is associated with systolic/diastolic hypertension in those aged <60 years. No association was found between SDB and systolic/diastolic hypertension in those aged > or =60 years or between SDB and ISH in either age category. These findings have implications for SDB screening and treatment. Distinguishing between hypertensive subtypes reveals a stronger association between SDB and hypertension for those aged <60 years than previously reported.
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Haas et al. (2005) studied this question.
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