Non-Apnea Sleep Disorder associates with increased risk of incident heart failure-A nationwide population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Non-apnea sleep disorder (NASD) increases the risk of cardiovascular events, such as hypertension and ischemic heart disease (IHD). Patients with heart failure (HF) are at higher risk for sleep disorder; however, there is no documentation on NASD's association with HF to date. Therefore, our study aimed to determine whether NASD increases the risk of incident HF.

Materials and methods

Using the outpatient and inpatient data from Taiwan's Longitudinal Health Insurance Database, we conducted a nationwide cohort study of patients with a first-time diagnosis of NASD in the year 2000 and followed up the risk of incident heart failure until December 31, 2013. We calculated risks and incidence ratios of HF for patients with NASD compared with the general population. The cum

SUBMITTER: Wang ID 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6334965 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature