title: [Presumption of sleep apnea in a black African hypertensive population: Importance of the Epworth sleepiness scale in the diagnostic approach].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Sleep apnea syndrome (SAS) is very little described in the hypertensive black African.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To screen sleep apnea syndrome using the rating scale of Epworth daytime sleepiness, and to investigate the determinant factors and to infer therapeutic consequences.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is a retrospective and prospective study with descriptive and analytical purpose that focused on 200 hypertensive outpatients of the Cardiology Institute of Abidjan. The primary endpoint studied was the SAS. The diagnostic approach of SAS was performed using the rating scale of Epworth daytime sleepiness.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The prevalence of sleep apnea was 45%. The average age of sleep apnea carriers was 56.1 years, with a male predominance (60%). The determinant factors of sleep apnea syndrome were male gender (60% versus 40%, P=0.021), obesity (77.8% versus 62.7%, P<0.0001), diabetes (26.7% versus 15.5%, P=0.5) and dyslipidemia (54.4% versus 27.3%, P=0.0009). Life in urban areas, occupation and smoking were not correlated with SAS in our series. The control of hypertension was better in non-apneic patients compared to apneic patients (63.6% versus 38.9%, P=0.04). The visceral impact of hypertension in apneic patients was highly significant (77.8% versus 41.7%, P=0.014). Therapeutically, it was noted the preferential prescription of combination therapy in apneic patients compared to non-apneic patients (82.3% versus 74.4%).
authors: Institut de cardiologie d'Abidjan, BPV 206, Abidjan 01, Côte d'Ivoire. Electronic address: koninkouaho@gmail.com.
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authors: Institut de cardiologie d'Abidjan, BPV 206, Abidjan 01, Côte d'Ivoire.
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authors: Institut de cardiologie d'Abidjan, BPV 206, Abidjan 01, Côte d'Ivoire.
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authors: Institut de cardiologie d'Abidjan, BPV 206, Abidjan 01, Côte d'Ivoire.
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authors: Institut de cardiologie d'Abidjan, BPV 206, Abidjan 01, Côte d'Ivoire.
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authors: Institut de cardiologie d'Abidjan, BPV 206, Abidjan 01, Côte d'Ivoire.
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authors: Institut de cardiologie d'Abidjan, BPV 206, Abidjan 01, Côte d'Ivoire.
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authors: Institut de cardiologie d'Abidjan, BPV 206, Abidjan 01, Côte d'Ivoire.
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authors: Institut de cardiologie d'Abidjan, BPV 206, Abidjan 01, Côte d'Ivoire.
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authors: Institut de cardiologie d'Abidjan, BPV 206, Abidjan 01, Côte d'Ivoire.
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authors: Institut de cardiologie d'Abidjan, BPV 206, Abidjan 01, Côte d'Ivoire.
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mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D044383:Black People; D015897:Comorbidity; D007560:Cote d'Ivoire; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006970:Disorders of Excessive Somnolence / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology*; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D020181:Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Afrique sub-saharienne; Hypertension; Hypertension artérielle; Sleep apnea syndrome; Sub-Saharan Africa; Syndrome de l’apnée du sommeil