Association of Incident Cardiovascular Disease With Periodic Limb Movements During Sleep in Older Men
Koo BB, Blackwell T, Ancoli-Israel S, Stone KL, Stefanick ML, Redline S, Group F. Association of Incident Cardiovascular Disease With Periodic Limb Movements During Sleep in Older Men. Circulation 2011, 124: 1223-1231. PMID: 21859975, PMCID: PMC3265562, DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.111.038968.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCause cardiovascular diseaseCoronary heart diseasePeripheral arterial diseaseIncident cardiovascular diseasePeriodic limb movementsArterial diseaseCardiovascular diseaseCerebrovascular diseaseHeart diseasePLMS frequencyRelative hazardCommunity-dwelling elderly menConventional cardiovascular risk factorsPeripheral arterial disease eventsLimb movementsElderly male cohortCardiovascular risk factorsBody mass indexProportional hazards regressionRisk of incidentPrevalent hypertensionCardiovascular riskMass indexStudy cohortHazards regression