Resumen de Hypoxia during sleep and the risk of falls and fractures in older men: the osteoporotic fractures in men sleep study
Jane A. Cauley, Terri Blackwell, Susan Redline, Kristine E. Ensrud, Sonia Ancoli Israel, Howard A. Fink, Eric S. Orwoll, Katie L. Stone
Objectives: To test the hypothesis that low arterial oxygen saturation during sleep is associated with a greater risk of falls and fractures.
Design: Prospective cohort study.
Setting: Six U.S. clinical centers.
Participants: Men aged 67 and older (N = 2,911).
Measurements: The primary exposure measure was percentage of sleep time with arterial oxygen saturation less than 90% measured using polysomnography. The main outcome measures were incident falls within 1 year and incident nonspine fractures over an average follow-up of 6.8 years.
Results: Men with 10% or more of sleep time at an arterial oxygen saturation of less than 90% were older, reported more comorbidities, had poorer physical function, and were more likely to have sleep disordered breathing than men with less than 10% sleep time at an arterial oxygen saturation of less than 90%. After multivariate adjustment, men with 10% or more of sleep time with arterial oxygen saturation of less than 90% had a greater risk of having one or more falls (relative risk (RR) = 1.25, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.04–1.51) and two or more falls (RR = 1.43, 95% CI = 1.06–1.92) than those with less than 10% of sleep time with less than 90% arterial oxygen saturation. Men with greater percentage of sleep time with arterial oxygen saturation less than 90% had a 30% to 40% greater risk of nonspine fracture than those with normal nocturnal oxygen saturation in models adjusting for sleep disordered breathing.
Conclusion: Hypoxia during sleep may be a risk factor for falls and fractures in older men. Interventions aimed at decreasing nocturnal hypoxia may decrease falls and fractures.
