… 6 show that sleep apnoea constitutes an independent risk factor for hypertension. Multivariate
analysis of mortality data in patients with sleep apnoea showed that hypertension was a …

… We aimed to study if OSA is an independent risk factor for COVID-19 … risk for hospitalisation.
Our findings are in line with earlier works and suggest OSA as an independent risk factor for …

… sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) but there is debate as to whether OSAS is an independent
risk factor for … risk factors that predispose to cardiovascular disease. In an effort to quantify the …

… However, atrial fibrillation is also a risk factor for central sleep apnoea 163–165, suggesting
that its association with OSAS may reflect a general effect of sleep apnoeas rather than …

… the perceived importance of sleep for athletes, little is known regarding athlete sleep quality,
… or risk factors for obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) such as snoring and witnessed apnoeic …

… Obstructive sleep apnoea is closely linked to the cluster of cardiovascular risk factors known
as “syndrome X” and the converse is also likely but has not yet been proved (“syndrome Z”). …

… Risk factors for obstructive sleep apnoea probably act through one or more pathogenic
mechanisms. One or two of the pathogenic mechanism might predominate in each patient and …

… nasal obstruction, whatever the cause, is a risk factor for obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome.
This factor is independent of other anthropometric factors. Its influence is less than that of …

… mortality risk factors and that the risk of mortality is particularly high in young obese patients
with severe sleep apnoea, together with our previous finding that sleep apnoea patients …

… : Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is associated with high cardiovascular morbidity and
mortality and is an independent risk factor for hypertension. Novel circulating cardiovascular risk …