Osteoarthritis Linked to Increased Risk of Sleep Apnea, Study Finds
Researchers have discovered in a new study that patients with osteoarthritis (OA) are at higher risk of developing sleep apnea (SA), a disease with high morbidity and mortality. Osteoarthritis is the most prevalent joint disease, leading to chronic pain and inflammation, two established risk factors for sleep apnea. The study was published in the journal of Clinical Rheumatology by Yanqiu Zhu and colleagues.
The purpose of the current study was to examine whether OA, such as knee, hip, and hand OA, is linked with a higher risk of sleep apnea. Employing data from the IQVIA Medical Research Database, three individual cohort studies were performed to evaluate the rate of SA among persons with OA versus those without OA.
The research utilized a cohort design of participants who were 50 years and older, stratified into three cohorts according to the type of OA (knee, hip, and hand OA). Each OA patient was matched with a maximum of five non-OA patients according to age, sex, entry-time, and body mass index (BMI) to control for confounding factors.
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