Abstract:
Objective To investigate the role of coronary artery calcification (CAC) score in predicting sleep apnea in patients with ischemic stroke.
Methods Thirty-two patients with acute ischemic stroke were selected as study subjects.Included patients underwent coronary multichannel computed tomography and polysomnography.The vascular risk factors, polysomnography results, and sleep questionnaire scores, and their association with CAC score were investigated.
Results All patients were found to have sleep apnea of any degree mean RDI: (46.3±25.5)h; mild to moderate, n=9;severe, n=23.Apnea index and oxygen desaturation index (ODI) were significantly higher in patients with severe sleep apnea than those in the former (P < 0.01), while the minimum oxygen saturation was significantly lower than that in the former (P < 0.01).CAC score was positively correlated with RDI value (r=0.333, P < 0.05), apnea index (r=0.474, P < 0.01) and ODI (r=0.454, P < 0.05), and negatively correlated with minimum oxygen saturation (r=-0.381, P < 0.05).Multivariate linear regression analysis revealed that the CAC score was independent positively correlated with RDI(B= 5.302, P < 0.05), ODI (B=6.817, P < 0.05) and STOP-BANG score (B=90.303, P < 0.05).
Conclusions There is a relationship between CAC score and the severity of sleep apnea in patients with ischemic stroke.