Table 1 Risk of cardiovascular complications or accidents in patients with untreated obstructive sleep apnoea
DiseaseOdds ratio (95% CI)
Arterial hypertension1.37 (1.03–1.83)
Ischaemic heart failure1.27 (0.99–1.62)
Heart failure2.38 (1.22–4.62)
Ischaemic stroke1.58 (1.02–2.46)
Auricular fibrillation4.02 (1.03–15.5)
Pulmonary hypertension1.4 (1.1–2.8)
Diabetes mellitus1.7 (1.1–2.7)
General mortality6.24 (2.01–19.4)
Traffic accidents6.3 (2.4–16.2)
Traffic accident plus alcohol consumption11.2 (3.8–32.9)
Workplace accidents2.2 (1.3–3.8)
  • Data are taken from [5, 811].