Sleep: important considerations for the prevention of cardiovascular disease

In the paper

“Chronic sleep insufficiency has played a role in motor vehicle accidents, industrial disasters, medical and other occupational errors, for instance(41, 42, 47-51).”

What the sources say

• Supported

  The Introduction states that chronic sleep insufficiency is linked to motor vehicle accidents, industrial disasters, and medical and other occupational errors. This directly supports the cited paraphrase. (LLM, conf=0.94)

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• ?Could not verify

  The sections on insufficient sleep and circadian rhythm disturbances discuss health risks and work-related sleep disruption, but do not link chronic sleep insufficiency to motor vehicle accidents, industrial disasters, or occupational errors. Searches for those outcomes and for medical errors found no passage making the claimed connection; a reference title mentions driving impairment, not accidents. (LLM, conf=0.75)

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• Partly supported

  The Introduction (page not available in our copy) links insufficient sleep to impaired driving and reports crashes attributed to drowsy driving. The Discussion links chronic sleep insufficiency to performance deficits relevant to driving. Neither section addresses industrial disasters or medical and other occupational errors. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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• Partly supported

  The Introduction links sleepiness and fewer than five hours of prior sleep to road-crash risk, supporting the motor-vehicle portion. It does not address chronic sleep insufficiency specifically or attribute industrial disasters, medical errors, or other occupational errors to it. The study's driving condition followed one night without sleep, not a chronic insufficiency condition. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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In the paper

“The underlying pathophysiologic effects of sleep-disordered breathing that may cause these deleterious effects include endothelial dysfunction (200), autonomic dysfunction (201), and chronic inflammation (202).”

What the sources say

• Supported

  This citation is attached to chronic inflammation, not to the separate claims about endothelial or autonomic dysfunction. The Discussion reports that children with sleep-disordered breathing commonly have reversible increases in CRP and concludes that sleep-disordered breathing may independently contribute to subclinical inflammation underlying atherosclerosis. (LLM, conf=0.93)

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• Supported

  Citation 202 is attached to chronic inflammation, not to endothelial or autonomic dysfunction. The Discussion reports reversible increases in CRP in children with sleep-disordered breathing and says the resulting subclinical inflammation may underlie atherosclerosis; the Abstract Conclusions likewise describe a systemic inflammatory response that may lead to cardiovascular morbidity. (LLM, conf=0.92)

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In the paper

“severe OSA was linked to an increased risk of fatal cardiovascular events (odds ratio of 2.87; 1.17 – 7.51) as well as non-fatal cardiovascular events (odds ratio of 3.17, 1.12 −7.51) compared to a control of healthy individuals(84).”

What the sources say

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In the paper

“Sleep duration and mortality are associated in a U-shaped fashion, where lowest risk is usually found in those who sleep between 7-8 hours, and mortality risk increasing with further deviation on either end of the range.”

What the sources say

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In the paper

“The prevalence of OSA in obesity is about 50% (76), with much higher prevalence in morbidly obese individuals.(77)”

What the sources say

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In the paper

“insufficient sleep has been linked to lower energy expenditure, altered glucose homeostasis and alterations in hormones that mediate hunger(24, 25, 27-31).”

What the sources say

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In the paper

“short sleep duration was associated with elevated prevalence of hypertension, hyperlipidemia and history of heart attack and stroke(16).”

What the sources say

• Not checked yetcites [16] Altman NG Izci-Balserak B Schopfer E Jackson N Rattanaumpawan P Gehrman PR Sleep duration versus sleep insufficiency as predictors of cardiometabolic health outcomes. Sleep Med 2012 13 10 1261 70 23141932 PMC3527631 source

In the paper

“those individuals who slept ≤6 hours had a 15% higher risk of CVD incidence and a 23% higher risk of CHD incidence compared to people who slept 7-8 hours.”

What the sources say

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In the paper

“Epidemiological data supports the idea that OSA can initiate not only cardiovascular conditions such as hypertension and ischemic heart disease but also worsen existing disease(80).”

What the sources say

• Not checked yetcites [80] Bradley TD Floras JS Obstructive sleep apnoea and its cardiovascular consequences. Lancet 2009 373 9657 82 93 19101028 source

In the paper

“Regarding cardiometabolic risk, short sleep duration (6 hours or less), and especially very short sleep duration (less than 5 hours) is associated with increased cardiometabolic morbidity and mortality, including weight gain and obesity, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and diabetes.”

In the paper

“More recent studies indicate that this is increasing, with an estimated prevalence of 37% in men and 50% in women(74, 75).”

What the sources say

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In the paper

“Sleep deprivation alters glucose homeostasis, leading to insulin resistance and risk of diabetes(17, 18, 24, 59-61).”

What the sources say

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In the paper

“sleep deprivation leads to cognitive impairment and reduced attention(43-46).”

What the sources say

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In the paper

“Improvement in glycemic control has been demonstrated after 3 months of CPAP use, with improvement related to number of hours of nightly CPAP use(107, 108).”

What the sources say

• Not checked yetcites [107] Hassaballa HA Tulaimat A Herdegen JJ Mokhlesi B The effect of continuous positive airway pressure on glucose control in diabetic patients with severe obstructive sleep apnea. Sleep Breath 2005 9 4 176 80 16283228 source
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In the paper

“patients on CPAP had a significantly decreased cardiovascular mortality, acute coronary syndrome, hospitalization from heart failure exacerbation as well as need for coronary revascularization compared to the group which did not use the CPAP(93).”

What the sources say

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In the paper

“showed the mean improvement of ambulatory SBP and DBP of −6.74 mm Hg (95% CI −9.98 to −3.49;P value <0.001) and −5.94 mm Hg (95% CI;-9.40 to −2.47;P=0.001) respectively(116).”

What the sources say

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In the paper

“The prevalence of OSA in individuals with hypertension is estimated to be about 40-50%(112) and approaches 83% in patients with resistant hypertension(86).”

What the sources say

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In the paper

“Modest reduction in mean systolic blood pressure (SBP) (−4.92 mm Hg; 95%CI −8.70 to −1.14) and mean (−2.56 mm Hg; 95% CI −4.43 to −0.68 mmHg) nighttime blood pressure were seen. No significant change in daytime SBP (−0.74 mm Hg; 95% CI −3.9 to 2.41) and daytime diastolic blood pressure (−1.86 mm Hg; 95% CI −4.55 to 0.83) were observed, however.(115)”

What the sources say

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In the paper

“The prevalence of OSA among heart failure patients is about 30-50% while that of central sleep apnea (CSA) is about 25-40%.”

What the sources say

• Not checked yetcites [96] Zhai AB Yip A Haddad H Heart failure and sleep-disordered breathing. Curr Opin Cardiol 2016 31 2 224 8 26766163 source

In the paper

“The prevalence of insomnia in the general population ranges between 8-40%, depending on the definition used.”

What the sources say

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In the paper

“the odds for the presence of hypertension were 2.03 for apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) between 5.0 to 14.9 events per hour and 2.89 for AHI greater than 15 events per hour(113).”

What the sources say

• Not checked yetcites [113] Peppard PE Young T Palta M Skatrud J Prospective study of the association between sleep-disordered breathing and hypertension. N Engl J Med 2000 342 19 1378 84 10805822 source

In the paper

“later studies found that 24-h urinary free cortisol, norepinephrine, and catecholamine metabolites levels were increased in patients with insomnia or were correlated with PSG indices of sleep disturbance in insomnia patients(148-151).”

What the sources say

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In the paper

“which indicates that insomnia is a disorder while “poor sleep” is a symptom of underlying physical or mental health problems(137, 138, 140).”

What the sources say

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In the paper

“concluded that treatment of severe OSA with CPAP improved postprandial triglyceride levels as well as total cholesterol levels(129).”

What the sources say

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In the paper

“individuals with “poor sleep” or insomnia are more likely to report increased alcohol and caffeine use, smoking, and lack of physical activity and to show lower cardiorespiratory fitness as compared to normal sleepers(142).”

What the sources say

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In the paper

“patients treated with CPAP in addition to standard heart failure therapy had improved ejection fraction as well as improved quality of life(90).”

What the sources say

• Not checked yetcites [90] Mansfield DR Gollogly NC Kaye DM Richardson M Bergin P Naughton MT Controlled trial of continuous positive airway pressure in obstructive sleep apnea and heart failure. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2004 169 3 361 6 14597482 source

In the paper

“individuals with insomnia may be at increased CVD risk through poor diet, as subjective and objective sleep has been associated with dietary macronutrient and micronutrient composition(143).”

What the sources say

• Not checked yetcites [143] Grandner MA Kripke DF Naidoo N Langer RD Relationships among dietary nutrients and subjective sleep, objective sleep, and napping in women. Sleep Med 2010 11 2 180 4 20005774 PMC2819566 source

In the paper

“The majority of the studies indicate that the total cholesterol and LDL were unchanged. However, an increase in triglyceride levels and decrease in the HDL levels were noted in patients with OSA(120, 121).”

What the sources say

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In the paper

“it was found that HbA1c increased by 1.49% in mild OSA, 1.93% in moderate OSA, and 3.69% in severe OSA, compared with individuals without OSA.(106)”

What the sources say

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In the paper

“Insomnia, especially when coupled with short sleep duration, is associated with hyperactivity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (e.g., increased cortisol secretion) and sympathetic system (e.g., impaired heart rate variability) and, consequently, with a clinically significant risk of CVD (e.g., hypertension, type-2 diabetes, myocardial infarction, and coronary heart disease).”

In the paper

“for example, central obesity is strongly associated with incident SDB and “poor sleep”, but not as much with incident insomnia.”

In the paper

“and the odds of hypertension were 3.5- to 5.1-fold cross-sectionally71 and 3.8-fold longitudinally”

What the sources say

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In the paper

“A recent study showed that shorter sleep duration, as well as worse sleep efficiency, was associated with impaired glucose tolerance (190).”

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In the paper

“Similar to what has been shown in adults; sleep-related factors are important contributors to cardiovascular risk in childhood. These factors include both sleep duration, as well as factors that disrupt sleep quality, particularly sleep-disordered breathing.”

In the paper

“Children with sleep-disordered breathing have significantly elevated pulmonary arterial pressures as well as right ventricular hypertrophy and dysfunction (199).”

What the sources say

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In the paper

“While SDB is strongly associated with the metabolic syndrome (MetS), the evidence for insomnia is limited and inconsistent(63, 183, 184).”

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In the paper

“and that for incident myocardial infarction (MI) and coronary heart disease (CHD) between 41% and 55%, respectively(176, 177)”

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“the effect sizes reported were modest and most studies did not include PSG and could not control for SDB.”

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“In particular many racial/ethnic minority groups (particularly Blacks/African-Americans and Hispanics-Latinos) are at greater risk of obesity, heart disease, diabetes, and cardiovascular events (204, 206, 207).”

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“Although some studies have found that sleep quality is worse among racial/ethnic minorities(229-232), others have not(233-235).”

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“Both short sleep duration and sleep-disordered breathing appear to be important modifiable risk factors that contribute towards overall cardiovascular risk.”

In the paper

“Although health care advances have proceeded at a dramatic pace over the last half-century, racial/ethnic and socioeconomic health disparities are still well-documented in the United States.(204-206).”

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In the paper

“In this same sample, non-Mexican Hispanics/Latinos were 87% more likely to report very short sleep and 35% more likely to report short sleep.”

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“Using the 2007-2008 NHANES, Whinnery and colleagues(220) found that relative to non-Hispanic Whites, Blacks/African-Americans were 3.5 times as likely to report very short (<5 hours) sleep duration and twice as likely to report short (5-6 hours) sleep duration.”

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“Regarding sleep disorders, Ruiter and colleagues(226) found that African-Americans were more likely to have sleep disordered breathing, of greater severity, compared to Whites.”

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• Not checked yetcites [226] Ruiter ME DeCoster J Jacobs L Lichstein KL Sleep disorders in African Americans and Caucasian Americans: a meta-analysis. Behav Sleep Med 2010 8 4 246 59 20924837 source

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“A potential explanation is the variable, interactive roles of race/ethnicity, socioeconomic, and cultural factors.”

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“In this sample, Non-Mexican Hispanics/Latinos were more likely to report choking/gasping during sleep and snoring(228).”

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“And Asians/Others were 2.5 times as likely to report very short sleep and 67% more likely to report short sleep.”

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“Habitual short sleep duration is associated with weight gain and obesity, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, inflammation, diabetes, heart attack, and stroke.”

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“In particular, sleep apnea is a well-characterized risk factor for cardiometabolic morbidity and even cardiovascular events.”

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“The recommended first-line treatment, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBTI) does not carry these risks and is therefore preferable for reasons beyond demonstrated efficacy(244-248), efficacy relative to medications(249-253), and effectiveness(254).”

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“Despite this, knowledge about the existence of CBTI is limited in the medical community, and providers may be difficult to locate(255).”

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“Of note, the recommended first line treatment for insomnia is not pharmacotherapy, although pharmacotherapy remains the most widely-utilized approach(238).”

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“Strikingly, as described above, studies that evaluated the prevalence of sleep apnea in obesity, cardiology, and diabetes clinics routinely find that most patients meet criteria for sleep apnea, though few are diagnosed and even fewer are successfully treated.”

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“In addition to many cross-sectional studies, prospective studies show that insufficient sleep is a risk factor for incident obesity, hypertension, and diabetes.”

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“Sleep apnea is associated with cardiac and vascular dysfunction, hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes, inflammation, heart attack and stroke.”