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Prospective Study of Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Incident Coronary Heart Disease and Heart Failure: The Sleep Heart Health Study

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Gottlieb, Daniel J., Yenokyan, Gayane, Newman, Anne B., O'Connor, George T., Punjabi, Naresh M., Quan, Stuart F., Redline, Susan, Resnick, Helaine E. +3 more·2010·Circulation

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Background— Clinic-based observational studies in men have reported that obstructive sleep apnea is associated with an increased incidence of coronary heart disease. The objective of this study was to assess the relation of obstructive sleep apnea to incident coronary heart disease and heart failure in a general community sample of adult men and women. Methods and Results— A total of 1927 men and 2495 women ≥40 years of age and free of coronary heart disease and heart failure at the time of baseline polysomnography were followed up for a median of 8.7 years in this prospective longitudinal epidemiological study. After adjustment for multiple risk factors, obstructive sleep apnea was a significant predictor of incident coronary heart disease (myocardial infarction, revascularization procedure, or coronary heart disease death) only in men ≤70 years of age (adjusted hazard ratio 1.10 [95% confidence interval 1.00 to 1.21] per 10-unit increase in apnea-hypopnea index [AHI]) but not in older men or in women of any age. Among men 40 to 70 years old, those with AHI ≥30 were 68% more likely to develop coronary heart disease than those with AHI <5. Obstructive sleep apnea predicted incident heart failure in men but not in women (adjusted hazard ratio 1.13 [95% confidence interval 1.02 to 1.26] per 10-unit increase in AHI). Men with AHI ≥30 were 58% more likely to develop heart failure than those with AHI <5. Conclusions— Obstructive sleep apnea is associated with an increased risk of incident heart failure in community-dwelling middle-aged and older men; its association with incident coronary heart disease in this sample is equivocal.

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  • In a secondary SHHS analysis, after adjustment, OSA significantly predicted incident CAD events only in men aged 70 or younger (HR 1.10 per 10-unit increase in AHI).

    “After adjusting for other risk factors, OSA was significantly associated and predicted incident CAD events, defined as MI, revascularization procedure, or coronary heart disease related death, however this was only observed in men aged 70 or younger (HR 1.10, 95% CI = 1.00–1.21 per 10-unit increase in AHI).”

    From International Consensus Statement on Obstructive Sleep Apnea (2023) · cites this paper as [641]

    The Results report the stated adjusted HR of 1.10 (95% CI 1.00–1.21) per 10-unit AHI increase among men aged 70 or younger. But the Results say the age interaction was not statistically significant, and the Discussion calls the subgroup finding only nominally significant and possibly a type 1 error. The claim overstates the evidence by presenting the association as established only in that age group. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • Possible pathophysiologic mechanisms linking OSA to myocardial ischemia include sympathetic nervous system hyperactivity, hypertension, endothelial dysfunction, metabolic dysregulation, insulin resistance, and a hypercoagulable state.

    “A number of possible pathophysiologic mechanisms have been implicated including sympathetic nervous system hyperactivity, hypertension, endothelial dysfunction, metabolic dysregulation, insulin resistance, and hypercoagulable state.641,655–663”

    From International Consensus Statement on Obstructive Sleep Apnea (2023) · cites this paper as [641]

    The Discussion (page unavailable) identifies sympathetic activation, endothelial dysfunction, insulin resistance, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and diabetes as possible links between OSA and coronary heart disease. It does not identify a hypercoagulable state as one of those mechanisms. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • Obstructive sleep apnea is associated with increased risk of incident heart failure, which is proportional to obstructive sleep apnea severity, and may be linked to major swings in intrathoracic pressure resulting in increased cardiac preload and afterload.

    “OSA is associated with increased risk of incident heart failure (Gottlieb et al., 2010), which is proportional to OSA severity, and may be linked to major swings in intrathoracic pressure resulting in increased cardiac preload and afterload (Nicholl et al., 2014).”

    From Obstructive sleep apnea: transition from pathophysiology to an integrative disease model (2022) · cites this paper as Gottlieb et al., 2010

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  • In the same SHHS secondary analysis, severe OSA (AHI ≥30) conferred a stronger increased risk of symptomatic CAD (HR 1.68, 95% CI 1.02-2.76), again only in men aged 70 or younger.

    “Severe OSA (as defined by AHI ≥ 30 events/h) conferred a stronger increased risk of developing symptomatic CAD (HR 1.68, 95% CI = 1.02–2.76) again seen only in men aged 70 or younger.641”

    From International Consensus Statement on Obstructive Sleep Apnea (2023) · cites this paper as [641]

  • The evidence for obstructive sleep apnea as an independent risk factor for coronary artery disease is equivocal and is stronger for males than females.

    “The evidence for OSA as an independent risk factor for coronary artery disease is equivocal and is stronger for males than females (Dong et al., 2013; Gottlieb et al., 2010; Hla et al., 2015).”

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Gottlieb, D. J., Yenokyan, G., Newman, A. B., O'Connor, G. T., Punjabi, N. M., Quan, S. F., Redline, S., Resnick, H. E., Tong, E. K., Diener-West, M., & Shahar, E.
Affiliations
  • Boston University (US)
  • From the VA Boston Healthcare System (D.J.G.), Boston, Mass; Boston University School of Medicine (D.J.G., G.T.O.), Boston, Mass; Johns Hopkins University (G.Y., N.M.P., M.D.-W.), Baltimore, Md; Graduate School of Public Health (A.B.N.), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa; University of Arizona (S.F.Q.), Tucson, Ariz; Harvard Medical School (S.F.Q.), Boston, Mass; Case Western Reserve University (S.R.), Cleveland, Ohio; American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging and Georgetown...
Venue
Circulation
Published
2010-07-27
Volume
122
Issue
4
Pages
352-360
ISSN
  • 0009-7322 (ISSN-L)
  • 1524-4539
OpenAlex
W2079485496
Cited by
1,551
References
49
Citations by year
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FWCI
54.36
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Circulation (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • Strong
  • National Institutes of Health (5u01hl053940-05, 5u01hl053934-14)
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (U01 HL 53940, U01HL53938, U01HL053941, U01HL053938, U01 HL53934, U01HL053937, U01 HL 53941, U01HL053931, U01 HL 63429, U01HL064360, U01HL053916, U01 HL53931, U01HL063463, U01HL64360, U01HL063429, U01-HL-053934, U01HL63463, U01-HL53937)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Apelin-related biomedical research
Keywords
obstructive sleep apnea, coronary artery disease, heart failure, apnea-hypopnea index, myocardial infarction, revascularization, sex differences, middle-aged and older adults, community-dwelling adults, cardiovascular risk
MeSH terms
Adult, Aged, Coronary Disease, Female, Heart Failure, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Middle Aged, Prospective Studies, Proportional Hazards Models, Survival Analysis, Polysomnography, Sleep Apnea, Obstructive

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