Prevalence and factors associated with atrial fibrillation in older patients with obstructive sleep apnea

• Published in: BMC geriatrics 2022-03, Vol.22 (1), p.204-204, Article 204
• Main Authors: Wang, Huanhuan, Li, JianHua, Gao, Yinghui, Chen, Kaibing, Gao, Yan, Guo, JingJing, Shi, Min, Zou, Xiao, Xu, Weihao, Zhao, LiBo, Su, Xiaofeng, Wang, Yabin, Liu, Juan, Xu, Hu, Kong, Xiaoxuan, Lin, Junling, Qian, Xiaoshun, Han, Jiming, Liu, Lin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Aged; Aged patients; Analysis; Atrial fibrillation; Atrial Fibrillation - complications; Atrial Fibrillation - diagnosis; Atrial Fibrillation - epidemiology; China; Cross-Sectional Studies; Evaluation; Humans; Obstructive sleep apnea; Older people; Polysomnography; Prevalence; Risk Factors; Sleep apnea syndromes; Sleep Apnea, Obstructive - complications; Sleep Apnea, Obstructive - diagnosis; Sleep Apnea, Obstructive - epidemiology
• ISSN: 1471-2318; 1471-2318
• DOI: 10.1186/s12877-022-02791-4

This study sought to identify the prevalence and factors associated with atrial fibrillation (AF) in older patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in China.  METHODS: This was an explorative cross-sectional study. Between January 2015 and October 2017, we continuously recruited 1285 older patients with OSA who underwent overnight polysomnography from sleep centers of multiple hospitals. They were assessed using 12-lead ECG or 24-h dynamic ECG, and their baseline demographics, clinical characteristics, sleep parameters, and medical history were determined. Multivariate binary logistic regression analysis was used to investigate the factors related to AF in these older patients with OSA. The clinician classified 122 (9.5%) patients as having AF. The prevalence of AF significantly increased with age (P