Questionnaire survey on obstructive sleep apnea hypoventilation syndrome and related complications
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1671-7368.2011.02.007
- VernacularTitle:阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停低通气综合征与相关合并症的问卷调查分析
- Author:
Qian CAI
;
Weiping WEN
;
Zhenzhong SU
;
Weichi GONG
;
Hua ZOU
;
Zhibin HUANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Sleep apnea syndromes;
Hypertension;
Questionnaires
- From:
Chinese Journal of General Practitioners
2011;10(2):90-92
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To investigate relationship between obstructive sleep apnea hypoventilation syndrome(OSAHS) and hypertension.Methods Questionnaire survey was conducted among 1573 local permanent residents in Guangzhou during March and June 2006 to understand prevalence of hypertension and snoring,and polysomnography monitoring was performed for 347 of them with moderate and severe snoring to estimate prevalence of OSAHS.Risk factors for hypertension was screened with multivariate logistic regression analysis.Results In total,1547 copies of valid questionnaires were collected,and 184 cases (11.9%) of hypertension were found with a prevalence of 10Department of Endocrinology,Shanxi Provincial People's Hospital,Taiyuan 030012,China 0%,49 of diabetes with a prevalence of 2.7%,and 212 of dyslipidemia with a prevalence of 10.4%.Prevalence of OSAHS was found in 34 of them (2.2% ) with Epworth sleepiness scale (ESS) score equal to or greater than nine.Prevalence of hypertension in OSAHS group was 32.5%,much higher than that in non-snoring group (8.3% ) and snoring group ( 17.1% ).Results of logistic regression analysis showed that age,gender,OSAHS,diabetes and dyslipidemia all were high-risk factors for hypertension,with OSAHS ranking the third.Conclusion OSAHS is one of high-risk factors for hypertension.
