Does Obstructive Sleep Apnea Influence Blood Pressure and Arterial Stiffness in Response to Antihypertensive Treatment?

作者：Fatureto Borges Fernanda; Jenner Raimundo; Costa Hong Valeria; Lopes Heno F; Teixeira Sandra H; Marum Elias; Giorgi Dante A M; Consolim Colombo Fernanda M; Bortolotto Luiz A; Lorenzi Filho Geraldo; Krieger Eduardo M; Drager Luciano F^*

来源：Hypertension, 2018, 72(2): 399-407.

DOI：10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.118.10825

• ambulatory blood pressure monitoring
• blood pressure
• hypertension
• polysomnography
• sleep apnea
• obstructive
• treatment

Untreated obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is common in patients with hypertension and may impair blood pressure (BP) and target-organ damage responses to antihypertensive therapy. In this study, we recruited hypertensive patients who underwent treatment with a 30-day regimen of hydrochlorothiazide 25 mg plus enalapril (20 mg BID) or losartan (50 mg BID) and were assessed with a baseline clinical evaluation, polysomnography, 24-hour ambulatory BP monitoring, and carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity. All the examinations except for polysomnography were repeated at 6 and 18 months of follow-up. We studied 94 hypertensive patients (mean age, 55 +/- 9 years). The frequency of OSA was 55%. Compared with baseline, we did not observe significant differences between groups in 24-hour BP, daytime systolic and diastolic BPs, or night-time systolic BP at 6 and 18 months. The BP control rate at 24 hours (<130/80 mmHg) was similar between the groups (baseline, 42.3% versus 45.2%; 6 months, 46.9% versus 57.5%; 18 months, 66.7% versus 61.5%). However, patients with OSA had higher night-time diastolic BP decrease than did the non-OSA group (6 months, -4.9 +/- 11.8 versus -0.3 +/- 10.3 mmHg; 18 months, -6.7 +/- 11.1 versus -1.2 +/- 10.6 mmHg; P=0.027). There were no differences in the number and class of antihypertensive medications prescribed during follow-up. In terms of arterial stiffness, patients with OSA had higher pulse wave velocity than did patients without OSA at baseline (10.3 +/- 1.9 versus 9.2 +/- 1.7 m/s; P=0.024), but both groups had similar decreases in pulse wave velocity during follow-up. In conclusion, with combined antihypertensive treatment aimed at controlling BP, hypertensive patients with OSA had similar 24-hour BP and arterial stiffness to those without OSA.

• 出版日期2018-8