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ABSTRACT: Aims
To investigate the composition of nocturnal hypoxaemic burden and its prognostic value for cardiovascular (CV) mortality in community-dwelling older men.Methods and results
We analysed overnight oximetry data from polysomnograms obtained in 2840 men from the Outcomes of Sleep Disorders in Older Men (MrOS Sleep) study (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00070681) to determine the number of acute episodic desaturations per hour (oxygen desaturation index, ODI) and time spent below 90% oxygen saturation (T90) attributed to acute desaturations (T90desaturation) and to non-specific drifts in oxygen saturation (T90non-specific), respectively, and their relationship with CV mortality. After 8.8?±?2.7?years follow-up, 185 men (6.5%) died from CV disease. T90 [hazard ratio (HR) 1.21, P??12 min were at an elevated risk of CV mortality (HR 1.59; P?=?0.006). Approximately 20.7 (5.7-48.5) percent of the variation in T90 could be attributed to non-specific drifts in oxygen saturation. T90desaturation and T90non-specific were individually associated with CV death but combining both variables did not improve the prediction.Conclusion
In community-dwelling older men, T90 is an independent predictor of CV mortality. T90 is not only a consequence of frank desaturations, but also reflects non-specific drifts in oxygen saturation, both contributing towards the association with CV death. Whether T90 can be used as a risk marker in the clinical setting and whether its reduction may constitute a treatment target warrants further study.
SUBMITTER: Baumert M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7850139 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Baumert Mathias M Immanuel Sarah A SA Stone Katie L KL Litwack Harrison Stephanie S Redline Susan S Mariani Sara S Sanders Prashanthan P McEvoy R Doug RD Linz Dominik D
European heart journal 20200101 4
<h4>Aims</h4>To investigate the composition of nocturnal hypoxaemic burden and its prognostic value for cardiovascular (CV) mortality in community-dwelling older men.<h4>Methods and results</h4>We analysed overnight oximetry data from polysomnograms obtained in 2840 men from the Outcomes of Sleep Disorders in Older Men (MrOS Sleep) study (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00070681) to determine the number of acute episodic desaturations per hour (oxygen desaturation index, ODI) and time spent be ...[more]