Hypertension, obesity, smoking habit and relationship with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome
EJS Hurtado, MJG Fernández, MLA González, FC Rueda, AR Cantero · Pneumologie · 2015 · Heft 02
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Objectives: Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is associated with high cardiovascular risk. We have compared, in hypertensive patients with and without OSAS, blood pressure profile and risk factors that may be associated with the presence of OSAS. Material and methods: We studied 130 hypertensive patients referred to our Sleep Unit with suspected OSAS, randomly chosen, of which 95 were OSAS and 35 non-OSAS. Patients answered a questionnaire on cardiovascular health. After 3 days without farmacological antihypertensive treatment were determined anthropometric measurements, office blood pressure, 24-hour ambu…