Obstructive sleep apnoe and cardiovascular, heart failure and mortality outcomes with empagliflozin versus placebo in the EMPA-REG OUTCOME trial
Yaggi H, Eliasson B, Kasai T, Marx N, Zinman B, Inzucchi S, Wanner C, Zwiener I, Wojeck B, Neeland I, Johansen O. Obstructive sleep apnoe and cardiovascular, heart failure and mortality outcomes with empagliflozin versus placebo in the EMPA-REG OUTCOME trial. European Heart Journal 2020, 41: ehaa946.2883. DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/ehaa946.2883.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEMPA-REG OUTCOMECardiovascular diseaseIncidence rateMajor adverse CV eventsPlacebo-controlled outcome trialsAdverse CV eventsGlomerular filtration rateSystolic blood pressureCox regression modelStandard of careType 2 diabetesCV deathCV eventsCV outcomesMultivariable adjustmentInhibitor empagliflozinOutcome trialsBlood pressureHeart failureWaist circumferenceMortality outcomesSodium glucoseFiltration rateMetabolic disturbancesPatients