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Sleep and Cardiac Tachyarrhythmia: Results from the Cross-Sectional Sleep Heart Health Study

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dc.contributor.advisorArdern, Chris I.
dc.contributor.authorAlipour, Pouria
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-11T12:55:17Z
dc.date.available2020-05-11T12:55:17Z
dc.date.copyright2019-12
dc.date.issued2020-05-11
dc.date.updated2020-05-11T12:55:16Z
dc.degree.disciplineKinesiology & Health Science
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMSc - Master of Science
dc.description.abstractBackground: Despite the well-known relationship between sleep disorders and general cardiovascular risk, relatively few studies have examined sleep quality and quality at pre-clinical levels in patients with cardiac arrhythmias (CA). Patients with CA have at a greatly elevated risk of stroke, sudden cardiac death, disability, and reduced quality of life. In this study, we therefore sought to elucidate the sleep-related predictors of arrhythmia by examining the relationship between objective (polysomnography assessed) and self-reported measures of sleep quality and quantity with CA. Methods: Baseline, comorbidity, electrocardiogram, and polysomnography data for all who participated in the Sleep Heart Health Study (age 44-90 y) was screened for this analysis. Participants with missing critical data were excluded from the final analysis. ECG data was utilized to find participants with cardiac arrhythmias. Exposure variables included blood oxygen saturation, sleep stages, and tertiles of sleep quality and quantity. Unadjusted and adjusted logistic regression was used to quantify the association between sleep and non-sleep related factors and arrhythmia. Results: Of the original SHHS sample, a total of 3,453 participants with complete variables of interest were included in the final analysis (mean age: 68.1 10.6 Years, 54% male, 499 with arrhythmia (Rhythm Abnormalities and Conduction Abnormalities), and 2,954 with no pathology). At the bivariate level, underweight (OR: 2.86, 95% CI: 1.1 7.2, P<0.0001), sleep time < 6 hours (OR: 2.58, 1.5-4.3, P<0.0001), % time in REM sleep (<17.6; OR: 1.53, 1.2-1.0, P<0.0001), sleep efficiency (<81; OR: 1.9, 1.5-2.3 ) and regular afternoon naps (OR:1.8, 1.3-2.4, P<0.0001) were significantly associated with CA. However, in age- and sex-adjusted analyses, only % time in REM sleep and minimum oxygen saturation during REM (OR: 0.97, 0.96-0.98, P=0.006, and; OR: 0.97, 0.96-0.98, P=0.001, respectively) remained associated with CA. Conclusion: Preliminary analyses suggest differences in the sleep stages and oxygen delivery as potential targets for future work in the prevention and early management of CA. Further study is necessary to understand the nature of these relationships using longitudinal data with adjustment for traditional CA markers.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10315/37477
dc.languageen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectHealth sciences
dc.subject.keywordsCardiac Arrhythmia
dc.subject.keywordsAtrial Fibrillation
dc.subject.keywordsPolysomnography data
dc.subject.keywordsSleep Measures
dc.subject.keywordsSleep Quality
dc.subject.keywordsRhythm Abnormality
dc.subject.keywordsConduction Abnormality
dc.subject.keywordsSleep Efficiency
dc.subject.keywordsWASO
dc.subject.keywordsSleep Quantity
dc.titleSleep and Cardiac Tachyarrhythmia: Results from the Cross-Sectional Sleep Heart Health Study
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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