Management and risk reduction of rheumatoid arthritis in individuals with obstructive sleep apnea: A nationwide population-based study in Taiwan

Wei Sheng Chen, Yu-Sheng Chang, Chi-Ching Chang, Deh Ming Chang, Yi Hsuan Chen, Chang Youh Tsai, Jin-Hua Chen

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Study Objectives: To explore associations between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and autoimmune diseases and evaluate whether OSA management reduces the incidence of autoimmune diseases. Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study using nationwide database research. The data was from 105,846 adult patients in whom OSA was diagnosed and recorded in the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database between 2002 and 2011 were the patients were analyzed retrospectively. Patients with antecedent autoimmune diseases were excluded. A comparison cohort of 423,384 participants without OSA served as age- and sex-matched controls. Multivariable Cox regression analysis was performed on both cohorts to compute risk of autoimmune diseases during follow-up. Time dependent OSA treatment effect was analyzed among patients with OSA. There were no interventions. Results: Among patients with OSA, overall risk for incident autoimmune diseases was significantly higher than that in controls (adjusted hazard ratio [HR] = 1.95, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.66-2.27). Risk for individual autoimmune diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis (RA), Sjögren syndrome (SS), and Behçet disease, was significantly higher in patients with OSA than in controls (HRs [95% CI]: RA 1.33 [1.03-1.72, SS 3.45 [2.67-4.45] and Behçet disease 5.33 [2.45-12.66]). Increased risk for systemic lupus erythematosus (HR 1.00 [0.54-1.84]) and systemic sclerosis (HR 1.43 [0.51-3.96]) did not reach statistical significance. Patients with OSA receiving treatment had an overall reduced risk of RA and other autoimmune diseases (time-dependent HRs [95% CI]: 0.22 [0.05-0.94] and 0.51 [0.28-0.92], respectively). Conclusions: Patients with OSA are associated with higher risk for developing RA, SS, and Behçet disease. OSA management is associated with reduced risk of RA.
原文英語
頁(從 - 到)1883-1890
頁數8
期刊Sleep
39
發行號10
DOIs
出版狀態已發佈 - 10月 1 2016

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • 神經病學(臨床)
  • 生理學(醫學)

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