Obstructive Sleep Apnea as a Risk Factor for Intracerebral Hemorrhage.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

To determine whether obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is associated with intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) risk, we assessed premorbid OSA exposure of patients with nontraumatic ICH and matched controls.

Methods

Ethnic/Racial Variations of Intracerebral Hemorrhage is a multicenter, case-control study evaluating risk factors for ICH that recruited 3000 cases with ICH and 3000 controls. OSA status was ascertained using the Berlin Questionnaire as a surrogate for premorbid OSA. We performed logistic regression analyses to evaluate the association between OSA and ICH.

Results

Two thousand and sixty-four (71%) cases and 1516 (52%) controls were classified as having OSA by the Berlin Questionnaire. Cases with OSA were significantly more likely to be male an

SUBMITTER: Geer JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8085039 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature