Sleep apnea and risk of pneumonia: a nationwide population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evidence evaluating the risk of pneumonia in patients with obstructive sleep apnea is limited and mostly focuses on patients who receive continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy or on pediatric patients. We aimed to explore the risk of incident pneumonia among adults with sleep apnea, either with or without the need of CPAP therapy.

Methods

From Jan. 1, 2000, we identified adult patients with sleep apnea from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database. A control cohort without sleep apnea, matched for age, sex and comorbidities, was selected for comparison. The 2 cohorts were followed until Dec. 31, 2010, and observed for occurrence of pneumonia.

Results

Of the 34,100 patients (6816 study patients and 27,284 matched controls), 2757 (8.

SUBMITTER: Su VY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3971026 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature