Not only is obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) linked to cardiovascular disease (CVD), but adequate treatment of OSA can normalize excess CVD risk, according to results of a study published in the July 15 issue of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
“When OSA was incompletely treated, the independent risk for CVD increased up to 11-fold, whereas effective treatment of OSA significantly reduced the excess risk,” lead author Yüksel Peker, MD, PhD, from Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg, Sweden, says in a news release.
This consecutive cohort from a sleep clinic included 182 men, mean age 47+/-9 years, who were free of hypertension, other CVD, pulmonary disease, diabetes mellitus, psychiatric disorder, alcohol dependency, or malignancy at baseline. Follow-up data over a seven-year period were collected via the Swedish Hospital Discharge Register.
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