Prevalence and factors associated with probable obstructive sleep apnea among patients with hypertension in two primary care clinics in Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia

• Main Authors: Ching, Siew Mooi, Singh, Rajvinder, Azmi, Fatimah Shahidah, Chong, Khian Lu, Ong, Cynthia Ruey Shyuan, Ayob, Nur Afiqah, Patil, Mansi, Lee, Kai Wei, Ramachandran, Vasudevan, Arora, Viresh
• Format: Article
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH 2023
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/105767/; https://link.springhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s11845-023-03397-4er.com/article/10.1007/s11845-023-03397-4
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Purpose: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has been increasingly recognized as an important factor contributing to medical morbidity and mortality. It was reported that more than half of the population with hypertension had OSA. Limited studies have been done on assessing OSA in hypertensive patients. T...