The Association Between Sleep Architecture, Quality of Life, and Hypertension in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea

The aim of this study was to investigate the association between hypertension and overnight polysomnography measures of sleep duration, sleep architecture, and quality of life (QoL) in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Participants were patients suspected of having OSA with or without hypertension. All patients underwent overnight polysomnography and completed the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS), Self-Rating Anxiety Scale, Self-Rating Depression Scale, and 12-item Short-Form Health Survey. Of 128 patients (mean age 46.2 ± 12.5 years), 53