Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Sleep Duration, and Associated Mediators With Carotid Intima-Media Thickness: The ELSA-Brasil Study

Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2021 Apr;41(4):1549-1557. doi: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.120.315644. Epub 2021 Feb 11.

Silvana P Souza^{1

2}, Ronaldo B Santos^{1

2}, Itamar S Santos¹, Barbara K Parise^{1

3}, Soraya Giatti^{1

3}, Aline N Aielo^{1

3}, Lorenna F Cunha^{1

3}, Wagner A Silva^{1

2}, Luiz A Bortolotto², Geraldo Lorenzi-Filho⁴, Paulo A Lotufo¹, Isabela M Bensenor¹, Luciano F Drager^{1

2

3}

¹ Center of Clinical and Epidemiologic Research (CPCE) (S.P.S., R.B.S., I.S.S., B.K.P., S.G., A.N.A., L.F.C., W.A.S., P.A.L., I.M.B., L.F.D.), University of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
² Hypertension Unit, Heart Institute (InCor) (S.P.S., R.B.S., W.A.S., L.A.B., L.F.D.), University of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
³ Hypertension Unit, Renal Division (B.K.P., S.G., A.N.A., L.F.C., L.F.D.), University of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
⁴ Sleep Laboratory, Pulmonary Division (G.L.-F.), University of Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Abstract

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Keywords: actigraphy; adult; atherosclerosis; inflammation; intima-media thickness; sleep apnea; sleep duration.