Journal
SLEEP MEDICINE
Volume 15, Issue 8, Pages 973-978Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2014.04.005
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Sleep duration; Sleep apnea; Hemostatic factors; Procoagulants; Population studies; Cardiovascular disease
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- National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute/National Institutes of Health [R01HL092140]
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Background and aim: Short sleep duration and poor quality sleep are associated with coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality; however, the underlying pathophysiologic process remains unclear. Sleep apnea may confound the association because of its relationship with formation of thrombi, the vascular occlusive process in CHD. We tested whether sleep duration and quality were associated with prothrombotic biomarkers in adults with a low probability of apnea. Methods: We included adults aged 35-64 years recruited from the community and who had an apnea hypopnea index <15 after one night of screening (n = 506). Sleep duration and maintenance were determined from 7 days of wrist actigraphy; daytime sleepiness was estimated using the Epworth Sleepiness Scale. Factor VIII (FVIII), von Willebrand factor (vWF), thrombin antithrombin (TAT) complexes, and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) were measured in fasting blood. Results: Sleep duration, maintenance, and daytime sleepiness were not associated with FVIII, vWf, or TAT. Sleep maintenance was modestly inversely associated with higher levels of log-transformed PAI-1 (beta = -0.07, standard error (SE) = 0.03 per 4.8%, p = 0.04) following adjustment for demographic characteristics, cardiovascular risk factors, and body mass index (BMI). Conclusions: Mild impairment in sleep was modestly associated with activation of coagulation; further study is needed to evaluate the role of fibrinolytic factors in sleep-mediated coronary thrombosis. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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