作者
Harneet K Walia, Atulya Aman Khosla, Anshul Saxena, Ehimen Aneni, Shozab S Ali, Javier Valero-Elizondo, Miguel Cainzos-Achirica, Theodore Feldman, Jonathan Fialkow, Khurram Nasir
发表日期
2023/6/1
期刊
American Journal of Preventive Cardiology
卷号
14
页码范围
100497
出版商
Elsevier
简介
Objectives
In a large U.S. cohort free of CVD evaluated by coronary computed CT angiography, we aimed to assess the association between established / high risk of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) and coronary plaque.
Background
There are limited data available depicting the association between established / high risk of OSA and the presence of coronary plaque in a population-based sample free from CVD.
Methods
Cross-sectional data from 2359 participants enrolled in the Miami Heart Study (MiHeart) who underwent coronary CT angiography was used for this study. The Berlin questionnaire was used to stratify patients as having high or low risk of OSA. Multiple multivariable logistic regression analyses were conducted to investigate the association between the risk of developing OSA with the presence, volume, and composition of plaque.
Results
According to the Berlin questionnaire, 1559 participants were …
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