Predictors and outcomes of obstructive sleep apnea in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in China

• Published in: BMC pulmonary medicine Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 16 - 11
• Main Authors: Zhang, Pan, Chen, Bi, Lou, Heqing, Zhu, Yanan, Chen, Peipei, Dong, Zongmei, Zhu, Xuan, Li, Ting, Lou, Peian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 04.01.2022; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Anxiety; Apnea; Body mass index; Cardiovascular disease; Care and treatment; China - epidemiology; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Clinical outcomes; Community health care; Comorbidity; Complications and side effects; Coronary artery disease; Cross-Sectional Studies; Diabetes; Diabetes mellitus; Diagnosis; Dyspnea; Female; Health facilities; Health services; Health Status Indicators; Heart diseases; Humans; Hypertension; Liver diseases; Lung diseases; Lung diseases, Obstructive; Male; Medical prognosis; Medical research; Middle Aged; Mortality; Neck; Obstructive lung disease; Obstructive sleep apnea; Oxygen saturation; Patients; Polysomnography; Prevention; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - complications; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - epidemiology; Pulmonology; Quality of Life; Questionnaires; Respiration; Risk factor; Risk Factors; Scale; Service stations; Severity of Illness Index; Sex ratio; Sleep; Sleep and wakefulness; Sleep apnea; Sleep apnea syndromes; Sleep Apnea, Obstructive - complications; Sleep Apnea, Obstructive - epidemiology; Sleep disorders; Smoking; Spirometry; China; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Scale; Polysomnography; Obstructive sleep apnea; Risk factor

"Overlap syndrome" refers to obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) combined with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and has poorer outcomes than either condition alone. We aimed to evaluate the prevalence and possible predictors of overlap syndrome and its association with clinical outc...