Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine
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Unlike Caucasians, many Asians with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are non-obese but are affected by the disease due to predisposing craniofacial structure. Therefore, non-obese and obese OSA may represent different disease entities. The associated risk factors for developing cardiovascular-related diseases, consequently, may be considered separately for the two types of OSA. ⋯ Among Asians, most OSA patients were not obese. Compared to obese OSA patients, non-obese OSA patients were noted to have less prevalence of hypertension and less history of nocturia. They were also noted to have overall milder OSA. Only OAI was noted to be a significant predictor for cardiovascular-related disease in the non-obese OSA group.
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To evaluate whether actigraphy-measured total sleep time and other sleep characteristics predict incident hypertension in older men. ⋯ TST and other sleep parameters determined by wrist actigraphy were not associated with incident hypertension in community-dwelling older men.