Journal article
Sleep-disordered breathing in hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: a BMI-matched study
DL Wilson, SP Walker, AM Fung, G Pell, FJ O'Donoghue, M Barnes, ME Howard
Journal of Sleep Research | WILEY | Published : 2018
DOI: 10.1111/jsr.12656
Abstract
Sleep-disordered breathing is more common in hypertensive disorders during pregnancy; however, most studies have not adequately accounted for the potential confounding impact of obesity. This study evaluated the frequency of sleep-disordered breathing in women with gestational hypertension and pre-eclampsia compared with body mass index- and gestation-matched normotensive pregnant women. Women diagnosed with gestational hypertension or pre-eclampsia underwent polysomnography shortly after diagnosis. Normotensive controls body mass index-matched within ±4 kg m−2 underwent polysomnography within ±4 weeks of gestational age of their matched case. The mean body mass index and gestational age at ..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The authors wish to thank the staff at the antenatal clinics at Mercy Hospital for Women and the Sleep Laboratory at Austin Health for their support of this project. In particular, the authors thank Pavlina Toman for polysomnogram analysis. This research was supported by the Austin Medical Research Foundation and the Medical Research Foundation for Women and Babies. D. Wilson was supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) postgraduate scholarship. Mark Howard receives research support from the Resmed Foundation, Philips Respironics and the Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for Alertness, Safety and Products research support from AirLiquide Healthcare. This article is not related to either relationship. Danielle Wilson, Susan Walker, ivity. Maree Barnes receiveAlison Fung, Gabrielle Pell and Fergal O'Donoghue declare they have no conflicts of interest.