title: Snoring and myocardial infarction: a 4-year follow-up study.
abstract: The association between snoring and myocardial infarction was studied in 1453 people of both sexes aged 20-70 years. The study was carried out in a population of 92,364 residents and the subjects were recruited using the Electoral Census. A questionnaire was sent to all participants, asking about snoring and cardiovascular risk factors. Hospital records were checked for the next 4 years to establish how many of them developed myocardial infarction. At the beginning of the follow-up study 39 patients were diagnosed with ischaemic heart disease. Of the other 1414 participants, 571 (40.4%) were snorers and 843 (59.6%) non-snorers. Twenty-one developed myocardial infarction in the snorer group and four in the non-snorer group. The snorer group presents an adjusted relative risk of myocardial infarction of 3.08 (95% CI 1.01-9.46) with respect to non-snorers. We conclude that snoring seems to be a potential risk factor for myocardial infarction.
authors.affiliation: Pulmonary Division, Hospital General de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela, Spain. czs011c@nacom.es
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zamarrón
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gude
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Otero Otero
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Suárez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012307:Risk Factors; D012913:Snoring / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology