ContextSleep-disordered breathing (SDB) and sleep apnea have been linked to
hypertension in previous studies, but most of these studies used surrogate information to …

Rationale: Cross-sectional epidemiologic studies show an association between sleep-
disordered breathing and hypertension, but only one cohort study has examined sleep …

Background Sleep-disordered breathing is prevalent in the general population and has
been linked to chronically elevated blood pressure in cross-sectional epidemiologic studies …

Abstract Study Objectives: Epidemiologic studies that demonstrate increased risk of
hypertension in persons with sleep disordered breathing indicate that only a minority of …

Background: Clinical observations have linked sleepdisordered breathing, a condition of
repeated apneas and hypopneas during sleep, with hypertension but evidence for an …

Objective: To measure the independent association of sleep-disordered breathing (sleep
apnea and habitual snoring) and hypertension in a healthy adult population. Design: A cross …

Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome is a well recognized cause of excessive sleepiness;
however, the relation of sleepiness to mild sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), which affects …

Background To our knowledge, the association between sleep-disordered breathing (SDB)
and hypertension has not been evaluated in subjects from the general population with a …

Objective: Sleep-disordered breathing has been hypothesized to have a close relationship
with hypertension but previous studies have reported mixed results. This is an important …

Background—Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) is associated with hypertension in the
middle-aged. The association is less clear in older persons. Most middle-aged …