Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-18-2019
Abstract
Objective: The prognostic significance of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) according to diabetes mellitus (DM) status remains unclear. We aimed to elucidate the association of OSA with subsequent cardiovascular events in patients with ACS with or without DM.
Research design and methods: In this prospective cohort study, consecutive eligible patients with ACS underwent cardiorespiratory polygraphy between June 2015 and May 2017. OSA was defined as an Apnea Hypopnea Index ≥15 events/hour. The primary end point was major adverse cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events (MACCEs), including cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, stroke, ischemia-driven revascularization, or hospitalization for unstable angina or heart failure.
Results: Among 804 patients, 248 (30.8%) had DM and 403 (50.1%) had OSA. OSA was associated with 2.5 times the risk of 1 year MACCE in patients with DM (22.3% vs 7.1% in the non-OSA group; adjusted HR (HR)=2.49, 95% CI 1.16 to 5.35, p=0.019), but not in patients without DM (8.5% vs 7.7% in the non-OSA group, adjusted HR=0.94, 95% CI 0.51 to 1.75, p=0.85). Patients with DM without OSA had a similar 1 year MACCE rate as patients without DM. The increased risk of events was predominately isolated to patients with OSA with baseline glucose or hemoglobin A1c levels above the median. Combined OSA and longer hypoxia duration (time with arterial oxygen saturation22 min) further increased the MACCE rate to 31.0% in patients with DM.
Conclusions: OSA was associated with increased risk of 1 year MACCE following ACS in patients with DM, but not in non-DM patients. Further trials exploring the efficacy of OSA treatment in high-risk patients with ACS and DM are warranted.
Recommended Citation
Wang, Xiao; Fan, Jingyao; Du, Yunhui; Ma, Changsheng; Ma, Xin-Liang; Nie, Shaoping; and Wei, Yongxiang, "Clinical significance of obstructive sleep apnea in patients with acute coronary syndrome in relation to diabetes status." (2019). Department of Emergency Medicine Faculty Papers. Paper 99.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/emfp/99
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PubMed ID
31908793
Language
English
Comments
This article is the author’s final published version in BMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care, Volume 7, Issue 1, December 2019, Article number e000737.
The published version is available at https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjdrc-2019-000737. Copyright © Wang et al.