Obstructive sleep apnea and genotype rs6843082 as a risk factor for cerebrovascular accident

NO previous studies have examined the simultaneous effects of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), hypertension, and the SNP rs68430822 on stroke. We aimed to explore whether these elements together, play a role as risk factors for stroke. Data was obtained from the Taiwan Biobank and the National Health Insurance database. We used logistic regression analysis to investigate the effect of OSA and hypertension as a risk factor for stroke in different genotypes. We found that OSA and hypertension was associated with stroke in those with the rs6843082 genotype. People with OSA and hypertension together with the rs6843082 genotype (GA + AA) showed a statistically significant difference as a risk for stroke (OR,2.57; 95% CI,1.53 to 4.33). However, there was no statistically significant difference in those people with OSA but without hypertension (OR, 0.53; 95% CI,0.13 to 2.25). After further stratification by combination of OSA and hypertension, those with genotype rs6843082 (GG) had higher risk odds than those with OSA and those with hypertension alone (OR,5.46, 95% CI,3.46 to 8.60). Individuals with genotype rs6843082(GA + AA), OSA and hypertension together had the highest risk for stroke (OR,6.25, 95% CI,3.63 to 10.76) and those with OSA and no hypertension (OR,0.57, 95% CI,0.14 to 2.36) had no significant risk. Our findings showed that people with genotype rs6843082 (GG), with or without hypertension had OSA as a risk factor for stroke. For individuals with the genotype rs6843082 (GA + AA), those with hypertension, OSA is a risk factor for stroke, and for those without hypertension, OSA is not associated with stroke.