Prevalence and Associated Factors of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea in Patients with Resistant Hypertension

  • Posted in Sleep Apnoea
  •  By Loran Simon

Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) syndromes are strongly associated with resistant hypertension, although this has not been systematically examined. A recent study investigates the prevalence of OSA and its associated factors in a large cohort of resistant hypertensive patients. A cross-sectional analysis with 422 resistant hypertensive patients submitted to a full-night polysomnography. The results showed that resistant hypertensive patients had a very high prevalence of OSA, and patients with moderate/severe OSA had an adverse ambulatory BP profile.

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http://ajh.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2014/04/03/ajh.hpu023.short

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