ArticleJournal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine2018
Race, Sex, Age, and Regional Differences in the Association of Obstructive Sleep Apnea With Atrial Fibrillation: Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke Study.
Article in Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.
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objectivesTo examine the cross-sectional association between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) risk and atrial fibrillation (AF) in the REasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS), a cohort of black and white adults.
methodsUsing REGARDS data from subjects recruited between 2003-2007, we assessed 20,351 participants for OSA status. High OSA risk was determined if the participant met at least two criteria from the Berlin Sleep Questionnaire (persistent snoring, frequent sleepiness, high blood pressure, or obesity). AF was defined as a self-reported history of a previous physician diagnosis or presence of AF on electrocardiogram. Logistic regression was used to determine odds ratio and 95% confidence interval for the association between OSA status and AF with subgroup analysis to examine effect modification by age, race, sex, and geographical region.
resultsThe prevalence of AF was 7% (n = 1,079/14,992) and 9% (n = 482/5,359) in participants at low and high risk of OSA, respectively (
conclusionsHigh risk of OSA is associated with prevalent AF among blacks but not whites. COMMENTARY: A commentary on this article appears in this issue on page 1459.
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