Association of sleep apnea with outcomes in peripheral artery disease: Insights from the PORTRAIT study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sleep apnea is a predictor of adverse cardiovascular outcome in many cardiovascular diseases but whether it is associated with worse health status outcomes or mortality in peripheral artery disease (PAD) is unknown.

Methods

PORTRAIT is an international (US, Netherlands, Australia) prospective PAD registry that consecutively enrolled patients who presented with new-onset or recent exacerbations of PAD symptoms to any of 16 vascular specialty clinics. Health status was assessed upon presentation and at 12 months with the disease-specific Peripheral Artery Questionnaire (PAQ). Higher PAQ scores indicate better health status. A sequentially-adjusted hierarchical linear regression model examined the association between sleep apnea and 1-year PAQ symptoms, quality of li

SUBMITTER: Jelani QU 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8432750 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature